Fish Oil

     Not me.  I take it but it really doesn't do much for UP in my case.

I initially started taking fish oil to lower my cholesterol. Which it does help with. I am not sure it has helped my UC. But it is good for you regardless. My mother has been taking fish oil for at least 10 years and swears by it for heart health. It does no harm, only good for your overall health.

I take it for heart and joint health. I can tell that it does help my joints, don't know about the UC.

I take Fisol, which is enteric coated to dissolve in the small intestine. Voila, no fishy burps!

It seemed to help when I was taking it before. I stopped cause of the fish burps. =(

I've just ordered the fermented cod liver oil with high vitamin butter. It's supposed to be much more effective than the other stuff because it's a "living food" and doesn't have vitamins added to it later. Fermented foods are supposed to be excellent for re-balancing the gut flora. You can google it. the best one is by green pasture's, recommended on the weston price foundation site. I ordered it for my entire family, even though my one daughter has UC. I think it's a good idea generally and I found out about it because there's a conversation about it going on on the SCD list I subscribe to right now where people have used it very very positive results on poop quality and pain reduction in a fairly short period of time. Worth a try, and at the very least, very healthy.

I have been on fish oil for about 3 months and notice no difference in the UC.  However, I agree with other posts that fish oil has wide ranging benefits so might as well keep taking it.

I tried many varieties and also could not STAND the fish burps, the best I have found so far is Carlson's Cod Liver Oil (recommended to take the kind w/vitamin D during the winter).  There is still some fishiness when burping for a few hours but nothing like taking the capsules.  I found it at my local health food store, but here is the product:

http://www.carlsonlabs.com/p-107-cod-liver-oil-lemon-flavor.aspx

Really not bad at all if you mix it with a little juice and shoot it back,,,I can even tolerate taking it by the spoonful and drinking juice afterwards.  Good luck!

Where do you buy the fisol....?

I've been getting it from Swanson's vitamins on the internet. If you google it, I'm sure you'll get a lot of results.

Post Edited By Moderator (Judy2) : 2/25/2010 11:10:05 AM (GMT-7)

I tried it for awhile too, disgusting fish burps.... then I read this on the CCFA site- granted, it's regarding Crohns, but..... http://www.ccfa.org/reuters/omega-3   So I gave up the fish oils. I'm sure they do have health benefits other than that for inflammation, but that's all I'm interested in, so if it's not helping me in that way, goodbye fish mouth.

of all of you that have tried it did you notice your stool is a golden yellow color?

My experience is, I had not success with it. I asked my amazing gastro what he thought about it, he said it would not help at all. He said unless instructed by a doctor to take it for my heart, he said all it will do it cause extremely bad breath. Needless to say, I stopped taking it immediately.

I take Nordic Naturals. I don't get fish burps if I take it with food. I don't know if it helps UC, but since taking it, my cholesterol is lower.
What about skipping the capsules and eating wild salmon or wild caught canned salmon? There you get a big Omega-3 punch in one meal.
Canned salmon can be a bit of a freak out when you open the can - it is usually canned with skin and bones included. Both skin and bones are edible and extremely healthy; skin has omega 3 and bones are calcium. If you take a fork to it and quickly mix it all up it looks just like a canned tuna. It is really healthy and simple.

I agree...VSL does more for me than the fish oil .... :)