Omega-3 – most humans and horses can start with loading doses – saving 1 to 3 months

Some people want to speed up the restoration of nutrient levels

• The body often does not benefit from a nutrient until an adequate level is restored
• Sometimes a person wants to experience the benefits months sooner
  Get quick positive feedback about taking a nutrient
  Want to treat an ailment
  Have an upcoming need for the nutrient
  • pregnancy
  • surgery
  • will be playing a contact sport and want to reduce possibility of concussion
• Over a million people have had loading doses of vitamin D, which reduces the time to get a good level of vitamin D by 2 - 10 months
• There is far less history for Omega-3 loading doses , but it appears that 1 - 3 months can be saved

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See Vitamin D Life

• Overview Loading of vitamin D
• AllLoading Dose of vitamin D items 154 items
• Overview: Omega-3 many benefits include helping vitamin D
• All items in category Omega-3 and Vitamin D (330) items
• I use Vectomega brand of Omega-3 – Admin of Vitamin D Life, May 2014

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Human loading dose

•  Bio-Omega 3: 2X to 3X for 10 days
  “A loading dose between 4-6 capsules per day for 10 days acts as a powerful anti-inflammatory, following which, a stabilizing dose of 2 capsules per day can be continued.”
•   Fish Oil and Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Trial – Nov 2012:
  10 grams (total?) over 3 to 5 days followed by 2 grams/d
• Prophlyaxis and treatment of atrial fibrillation with omega-3 fatty acids Patent 2009
  “. . loading dose is 1.5 to 8 times the amount of the maintenance dose.” For up to 30 days
• Vectomega “2 per day for 30 days, then 1 per day thereafter. May continue with 2 per day for enhanced benefits”
• Equazen omega– for eyes 3X for 12 weeks
  “ . . we suggest a daily intake of six capsules per day for the first twelve weeks”
  “ . . can start to reduce your daily intake to the maintenance level of two capsules daily”

Horse loading dose

• Equi-Source Feeding Instructions
  Introduce Equi-source gradually for the first week By the end of the first week, you should be feeding your horse a full loading dose of 150 ml per day” 1/2 per feeding, then at 1-month maintenance dose is 1/4 loading dose
• Equine Omega-3 Complete
  Loading dose of 4 ounces twice a day for 10 days. Maintenance dose is 4 ounces a day. Traveling or competing dose is 6 to 8 ounces a day
• MaxFlex by Farnam in Horses Loading: 3 oz per day (3 to 4 weeks). Maintenance: 1 oz

Start gradually, go slowly if increased bleeding

• Horses should be introduced to Omega-3 over the period of several days
• Some people, including myself and my wife, get bleeding events (nose, skin) when instantly going to a higher level of Omega-3
• Fish oils and bleeding: is there a clinically significant risk? 2013: No. (however, aspirin had a bleeding risk)
• Is it Safe to Take Fish Oil Before Surgery & Medical Procedures? 2017
  This review found it safe to consume omega-3 supplements, even at large doses of up to 10g of EPA/DHA per day in the short term.