The thing is, it can say 1000 mg on the front of the bottle, but the EPA will be maybe a 1/3 to a 1/2 of that.

I've read of recommendations up to 10 1000 mg capsules per day!

The reason our food supply is so heavy in omega 6's as opposed to omega 3's is that omega 3's spoil faster. If you're a food manufacturer and you want your product to last in the grocery store and the kitchen pantry, you're going to replace as much omega 3 with omega 6 as you can.

Also grain fed beef is higher in omega 6's that omega 3's. Unfortunately grass fed beef costs more. Lamb and bison are higher in omega 3's, I guess, but are also more expensive. (Personally I don't like lamb. )

I've read these books:

1. The Omega-3 Connection: The Groundbreaking Antidepression Diet and Brain Program
2. The Ultimate Omega-3 Diet: Maximize the Power of Omega-3s to Supercharge Your Health, Battle Inflammation, and Keep Your Mind Sharp
3. The Queen of Fats: Why Omega-3s Were Removed from the Western Diet and What We Can Do to Replace Them

They all have good points and bad points. And now that I think about it, they're all a little dated. There's so much new information all the time. Maybe I need to find a more recent book with new research info.

I'm like you-- I've never seen a huge improvement from omega 3's. It can take a long time to change out all your stored fat. It takes like a year for a normal weight person. If you're overweight (and I am), it can take 2 or 3 years.

I'm still not clear on how it all works. I think that if you've been eating a diet heavy in omega 6's, you'll have a lot stored in your fat cells. You need to persist for a long time in eating more omega 3's and less omega 6's in order to tip things in your favor.

I think those are the two reasons people fail with fish oil capsules. They take the capsules but don't change their diet. And they don't persist long enough.