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Comment author: wedrifid 08 July 2012 07:29:00AM 1 point [-]

I tried the Shangri-La plan as a suppliment to my current diet/exercise/suppliment plan. However, I noticed after a week that I was anticipating the taste (rather than say, the texture) of the canola oil. Which means that it was no longer registering as flavorless, so I stopped.

I use Omega three capsules---lots of them. Definitely can't taste those. I haven't kept data on how well it works.

Comment author: RomeoStevens 07 April 2014 11:06:37PM 0 points [-]

Be careful with mega dosing fish oil. It has blood thinning effects.

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 12 July 2012 12:46:36AM 0 points [-]

I've heard that you don't need too much O-3 so long as you don't have a high amount of O-6 in your diet.

Also, there's some evidence that excess O-3 is bad (e.g. enhancing blood supply to tumors).

(though for all I know, you're in the roughly-optimal intake region)

Comment author: asparisi 08 July 2012 07:34:54AM 0 points [-]

Hm. I'd have to consider that. I already take a large number of suppliments throughout the day, however, and I think that adding more capsules might increase my akrasia regarding the things I do that already work for me.

Comment author: wedrifid 08 July 2012 08:38:47AM *  0 points [-]

Hm. I'd have to consider that. I already take a large number of suppliments throughout the day, however, and I think that adding more capsules might increase my akrasia regarding the things I do that already work for me.

You would prefer to spoon down canola oil than swallow Omega three capsules? I tried drinking vegetable oil and it was mildly unpleasant. (Not that such tasks being unpleasant always stops me. I chew down all sorts of powders at various times as part of my supplement routines. Some are vile.)

Comment author: asparisi 08 July 2012 05:51:55PM 0 points [-]

It was unpleasant, but only mildly. I put up with worse on a regular basis.

It comes down to me thinking "I am already taking lots and lots of pills every day: screw it, no pills today." Which is not a GOOD mindset, and I value my current suppliments more than I do adding the Omega-3 capsules, in the absense of data that tells me that I should reverse that.

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