Real fish, oil, or capsules in home-cooked food

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Ariel

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This morning I cooked another "batch" of food for the girls. Last time I used steamed salmon, but today I used half a can of sardines. It got me thinking about whether it was better to use the actual fish, salmon oil, or drained fish oil capsules. It doesn't matter to me, I just want to do what's best for the girls.

I've seen salmon oil on the shelves at Petsmart, but it was ridiculously expen$ive. Real salmon was much cheaper, and I'd guess not the best brand to buy if one was inclined to use salmon oil. I have fish oil capsules and could just add a little oil to their food daily or a few times a week.

What do you home-cookers do? If you buy salmon oil, is one brand better than another? Same with fish oil capsules.

Thanks in advance for your input.
 
We use Grizzley's Salmon Oil, and just squirt one pump into the dish in the mornings. You can find good prices online. I'm also curious what answers you get on this as to if one kind is better than another.
 
HI Terri..... I used Grizzly salmon oil too!! I think it is better to use it straight out than to use it in food. Plus with the oil you get more of a pure form of it.
 
Fish Oil Capsules, Omega 3

I just snip the capsule and place it in her daily food. Some people, on the forum, can get their Shelties to eat the capsule . Kia, won't so this is how I get it into her.
 
I'd like to know if there is a difference in Salmon Oil compared to "Fish Oil." Do they have the same benefits, or are we missing out on something by using one over the other?

It is a very good supplement...human and canine...but I do think that if there is any surgery upcoming for the furchild..it's good to take them off of it for a bit. Since Vitamin K in humans helps to thin blood, it must do the same in doggies. Just my thoughts ;-)..

& HI Susan! ;-)..
 
Jeffers carries it so the next time I place an order and get free shipping I'll get some. I've got one more piece of salmon to cook for them and then that will be it. The salmon oil spray will be much less expensive too.
 
Noneeds4me said:
I'd like to know if there is a difference in Salmon Oil compared to "Fish Oil." Do they have the same benefits, or are we missing out on something by using one over the other?
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I found this info on another forum (people forum, not dogs). I don't know if all this is applicable to canines.

Fish oil & Salmon oil are basically the same thing, except Salmon oil (as you pointed out) is derived from Salmon only. It might have a little bit different DHE / EPA profile then just fish oil. These oils usually don't have any Vitamin A or D in them, which Cod Liver Oil does have (because cod liver oil comes from cod liver, which is full of natural Vitamin A & D, but fish / salmon oils come from oily fish skin/flesh, which is very low in Vitamin A & D). If you get a fish or salmon oil that has Vitamin A & D in it, it's probably been synthetically added (in the way they add A & D to cow's milk).

Flax / Borage / Evening Primrose oils are plant-derived oils which are high in GLA (Gamma-Linoleic & Gamma-Linolenic Acids), which your body has to convert to DHE / EPA. So, it's better to just supplement with fish oils / cod liver oil, since, as we get older, we run low on the conversion factors needed to convert GLA to DHE/EPA. Plus, humans didn't evolve running around eating tons of flax, borage, etc seeds / oils. They were seasonal foods in short-supply. Fish, however, was usually in large supply (on coastal areas), and humans did evolve eating lots of fish.

As for which is best, I usually stick with a Cod Liver Oil, because folks are usually deficient in Vitamin A & D as well as DHE/EPA. If you get a good-quality Cod Liver Oil, like Carlson's, it has all the weird heavy metals and crap that fish might get in their bodies during their lifetime filtered out...so no worry about getting that into your system. Carlson's makes a nice lemon-flavored cod liver oil, which makes a very light, pleasant tasting salad dressing. A teaspoon a day on some veggies is pretty good. Unlike other fish oils, the Vitamin A & D in it is all natural. Some folks get headaches from synthetic Vitamin D, but they still have sore joints and pains because they're body is D deficient. When you get a quality cod liver oil, you won't get a headache from the Vitamin D, and you'll notice the joint pains going away."
 
Ariel said:
I found this info on another forum (people forum, not dogs). I don't know if all this is applicable to canines.

Fish oil & Salmon oil are basically the same thing, except Salmon oil (as you pointed out) is derived from Salmon only. It might have a little bit different DHE / EPA profile then just fish oil. These oils usually don't have any Vitamin A or D in them, which Cod Liver Oil does have (because cod liver oil comes from cod liver, which is full of natural Vitamin A & D, but fish / salmon oils come from oily fish skin/flesh, which is very low in Vitamin A & D). If you get a fish or salmon oil that has Vitamin A & D in it, it's probably been synthetically added (in the way they add A & D to cow's milk).

Flax / Borage / Evening Primrose oils are plant-derived oils which are high in GLA (Gamma-Linoleic & Gamma-Linolenic Acids), which your body has to convert to DHE / EPA. So, it's better to just supplement with fish oils / cod liver oil, since, as we get older, we run low on the conversion factors needed to convert GLA to DHE/EPA. Plus, humans didn't evolve running around eating tons of flax, borage, etc seeds / oils. They were seasonal foods in short-supply. Fish, however, was usually in large supply (on coastal areas), and humans did evolve eating lots of fish.

As for which is best, I usually stick with a Cod Liver Oil, because folks are usually deficient in Vitamin A & D as well as DHE/EPA. If you get a good-quality Cod Liver Oil, like Carlson's, it has all the weird heavy metals and crap that fish might get in their bodies during their lifetime filtered out...so no worry about getting that into your system. Carlson's makes a nice lemon-flavored cod liver oil, which makes a very light, pleasant tasting salad dressing. A teaspoon a day on some veggies is pretty good. Unlike other fish oils, the Vitamin A & D in it is all natural. Some folks get headaches from synthetic Vitamin D, but they still have sore joints and pains because they're body is D deficient. When you get a quality cod liver oil, you won't get a headache from the Vitamin D, and you'll notice the joint pains going away."
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Very interesting information Ariel. Thanks so much!
 
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