Omega-3 index - good level needed 2.4 grams of regular Omega-3 - Grassroots Nov 2018

• Omega-3 index replaces the Omega-6 to Omega-3 ratio – March 2018
• Higher Omega-3 index (4 to 8 percent) associated with 30 percent less risk of coronary disease (10 studies) July 2017
• Omega-3 is vital for health, mail-in test is low cost and accurate video and PDF
• Omega-3 supplement better than farmed salmon at raising Omega-3 index – RCT Feb 2018
• Omega 3 increased by 60 percent the ACTIVE vitamin D in the blood – Aug 2012 many studies
• I use Vectomega brand of Omega-3 – Admin of Vitamin D Life, May 2014
• Grassroots Health is one of many companies selling an Omega-3 index test which can be performed at home and get email results in <5 days
  • Amazon $50,   OmegaQuant $50,
• Omega-3 map (most of the world has low levels) – May 2016 has the following

Not as many grams of Omega-3 may be needed

• Note: Consuming less Omega-6 will increase the Omega-3 index
• Bioavailability etc. of Omega-3 – Nov 2018 nanoparticles, nanoemulsions, phospholipids
• Omega-3 weekly is more bio-available than daily (rat study) – July 2015
  • Perhaps more Omega-3 into the human body if the same total amount is taken less often
• Take vitamin D3 daily or weekly discusses concentration gradient from weekly dosing
• Lecithin increased absorption of Omega-3 and decreased O-6 (in rats) July 2016
  • About 5% increase in Omega-3 and 5% decrease in Omega-6
• Note: Lecithin is a natural emulsifier
• How much omega-3 is enough? That depends on omega-6 May 2010

ConsumerLab - Omega-3 Report, Nov 2018, 87 pages

• Mentions the increased bioavailability of Coromega, but speculates that a fatty meal would provide a similar increase
• Vetomega did not pay to get reviewed by Consumerlab
• Cost of EPA ranged hugely: $.20 to $6.00 per gram
• Some reviewed Omega-3 products had oxidation problems
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Grassroots Health on Vitamin D Life includes

• Vitamin D charts from GrassrootsHealth - May 2016
• A group of 6,000 people have vitamin D levels higher than 50 ng – GrassrootsHealth
• How the Baggerlys got interested in Vitamin D and then started GrassRootsHealth – April 2013
• Omega-3 – Chart of index vs ratio by GrassrootsHealth – Sept 2019
  

Note: Omega-3 has been decreasing while Omega-6, which blocks it, has been increasing

Vitamin D and Omega-3 category starts with

Omega-3 and Vitamin D separately & together help with Autism, Depression, Cardiovascular, Cognition, Pregnancy, Infant, Obesity, Mortality, Breast Cancer, Smoking, Sleep, Stroke, Surgery, Longevity, Trauma, Inflammation, MS, etc
   See also - Overview: Omega-3 many benefits include helping vitamin D