I was very impressed with the results of the small controlled trials of Vectomega, so I decided to give it a try.
I had been taking Coromega for about a decade
I had been taking lots of vitamin D for 4 years
I started taking Vectomega in April 2014 and felt noticeably better in just 3 days
The good feeling has continued for years
Updates
2018 - The Vectomega tablet was the last tablet I had been taking
Now I grind the tablet up into a powder to take with all of my other powdered supplements on a daily basis
2017: I have never noticed any fishy taste or smell, but a few people have
Simple solution - put tablet inside of a 00 size gell capsule
1,000 of the empty gell capsules cost about $10 on Amazon
Their literature states
• Omega-3s from salmon as nature intended, in the exact form your brain uses best
• 2:1 ratio of DHA/EPA—never chemically altered or artificially spiked
• Five types of heart and brain healthy phospholipids, including phosphotidylserine
• Unique bioactive salmon peptides not found in any other Omega-3 products—for mood, brain, and heart health*
• Extracted without chemicals, solvents or excessive heat
• Third party tested for purity—no concerns with toxins, heavy metals, or contaminants
• Hexane-Free
• Great stability, zero rancidity
• Omega-3 Phospholipid Peptide Complex 1 capsule = 292 mg
Press release by the company (no longer available Nov 2018)
- Small clinical trial in France
- Forty healthy volunteers followed for 60 days, and compliance was 100%.
- Dosage was one 300 mg tablet two times daily
- 2 capsules of Vectomega is the equivalent of 16 capsules (7200 mg) of standard fish oil 8X more
- (EuroPharma offers Vectomega(R) in raw material or finished tablet form)
Vectomega costs more than all of the rest of my supplements combined 56 cents per day
Personal history of use of Omega-3 by the founder of VitaminDWiki
Had been taking Coromega form for a decade
2 packages/day having EPA = 350/ mg of DHA= 230 mg per package
supposed to be 3X more bio-available than standard Omega-3
Starting Vectomega 1 per day (early 2014) (similar price but 8X more bio-available)
Felt the benefit in about 3 days, but also got a bloody nose
Stopped taking it, nose stopped bleeding
Re-started taking Vectomega 1 per day
Bloody nose again in a few days
Dropped back to Vectomega every other day, Nose was OK
- - - years past- -
Took a low-cost Omega-3 test which showed that I was a little low
Increased taking Vectomega to 3 days out of 4, no bleeding nose
Download the PDF from VitaminDWiki
Some images from it
See also VitaminDWiki
- Good Health is more than Vitamin D and cofactors – my view
- Omega-3 review of products - June 2015
- Overview: Omega-3 many benefits include helping vitamin D
- Omega-3 is vital for health, mail-in test is low cost and accurate
- Vitamin D Cofactors in a nutshell
- Bioavailability etc. of Omega-3 – Nov 2018
See also web: Omega-3 and phospholipids - other suppliers as well
- Comparison of different Omega-3 forms, and costs Nutragredients Feb 2013
- Omega-3 Phospholipids
- Incorporation of EPA and DHA into plasma phospholipids in response to different omega-3 fatty acid formulations - a comparative bioavailability study of fish oil vs. krill oil Dec 2011 free full text
Apparently Krill oil does not get into bloodstream much better than fish oil - Marine Omega-3 Phospholipids: Metabolism and Biological Activities Nov 2012 - free full text on-line
Distinguises between Fish oil, Krill Oil, and Phospholipid - but does not appear to compare their bio-availability - Euromega - sold in Europe - appears to be identical to Vectomega
- 2015 study found no difference in bio-availability between krill oil and standard Omega-3
Data in the package