I’ve been on about 20-25 grams a day for the past week or so. Last night I took about ten grams at once, which I don’t usually do. On a recent trip to the bathroom, after a solid shit, I noticed an orange-yellow residue upon wiping, that smelled quite a bit like, well, fish oil. This leads me to believe I have not absorbed it. There was quite a bit. I believe I have low stomach acid levels, and have been supplementing with large amounts of HCL with every meal. I don’t think I took any with the fish oil last night, however, as I did not eat any food with it.
i think you answered your own question to some extent. on every bottle of regular fish oil i’ve used it says on it “take with food”. Not sure about Flameout as i’ve never used that product. i take anywhere from 10-25g per day, ALWAYS with food though.
my idea is that you take your fish oil spread a little more evenly throughout the day with meals. 10g in one shot is 50% of your fish oil for the day. you wouldn’t eat 50% of your daily protein in one sitting right?
[quote]mikepop878 wrote:
i think you answered your own question to some extent. on every bottle of regular fish oil i’ve used it says on it “take with food”. Not sure about Flameout as i’ve never used that product. i take anywhere from 10-25g per day, ALWAYS with food though.
my idea is that you take your fish oil spread a little more evenly throughout the day with meals. 10g in one shot is 50% of your fish oil for the day. you wouldn’t eat 50% of your daily protein in one sitting right?
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Makes sense.
I do feel a it sheepish about wasting my supply, however. Any suggestions on how to reclaim any of it?
[quote]Vicomte wrote:
I believe I have low stomach acid levels, and have been supplementing with large amounts of HCL with every meal. I don’t think I took any with the fish oil last night, however, as I did not eat any food with it.[/quote]
Your liver produces bile salts and lipase to break down fats. HCl wouldn’t do anything in this case, since it’s only for protein enzymes.
You probably just took too much fish oil at once for your body to absorb, just take less at once and spread it throughout the day.