Omega-3 Fish Oil: Complete Product Guide
What is Omega-3 Fish Oil?
Omega-3 fish oil provides two essential fatty acids — EPA and DHA — that your body can't make on its own. They're called "essential" because you must get them from food (like fatty fish) or supplements, and most people don't eat fish often enough to get what they need.
Key benefits
- Heart health — supports healthy heart function and overall cardiovascular wellness
- Brain health — DHA is a major structural component of the brain; supports memory, focus, and healthy brain aging
- Joint comfort — supports a healthy inflammatory response and joint mobility
- Eye health — DHA is concentrated in the retina and supports healthy vision
- Mood — omega-3s support emotional wellness
How to take Omega-3 Fish Oil
- Serving: 2,500 mg fish oil providing 1,000 mg EPA + 750 mg DHA — 2 softgels daily with food
- Bottle: 60 softgels — up to 1 month's supply
- Always take with a meal — it improves absorption and prevents fishy aftertaste
Tips to avoid fishy burps: take with your largest meal, refrigerate the bottle after opening, or take before bed.
When to expect results
Omega-3 benefits build gradually with consistent daily use — think in terms of months, not days. It's a long-term investment in heart, brain, and joint wellness.
Drug interactions — important
Talk to your doctor before taking if you:
- Take blood thinners (warfarin, Plavix, aspirin)
- Take blood pressure medications
- Have a bleeding disorder
- Are scheduled for surgery (stop 1-2 weeks before, and tell your surgeon)
- Are pregnant or nursing (omega-3s are often encouraged in pregnancy — but confirm with your provider)
Possible side effects
Generally well tolerated. Some people notice a fishy aftertaste or mild digestive upset — the tips above usually solve it.
Storage
- Refrigerate after opening — keeps the oil fresh
- Before opening: cool, dry place away from light and heat
- Fresh fish oil has only a mild ocean scent; if it smells strongly fishy or rancid, contact us
Quality & testing
Third-party tested for purity, potency, and freshness; molecularly distilled to remove mercury, PCBs, heavy metals, and dioxins; manufactured in the USA in GMP-certified, FDA-registered facilities. See the actual lab results for Fish Oil on our Third-Party Testing page, just select Fish Oil from the dropdown.
FAQs
What matters more — total fish oil or EPA/DHA? The combined EPA + DHA content is the number that counts. Our serving provides 1,750 mg combined.
Can I just eat fish instead? Fatty fish 2-3 times a week is wonderful — the supplement is for the many of us who don't manage that consistently.
What about mercury? Our fish oil is molecularly distilled and third-party tested to be free from mercury and other contaminants.
Our guarantee
Try Omega-3 Fish Oil risk-free with our 90-day money-back guarantee on lumanutrition.com orders — even if the bottle is empty.
Still need help?
Call us at (323) 274-1407, email help@lumanutrition.com, or use the contact form on our website.