Conclusion: Foods identified to regulate inflammation included cranberries, grapes, pomegranate, strawberries, wheat, whole grain products, low fat dairy products, yogurt, green tea, cardamom, turmeric, soy foods, almonds, chia seeds, flaxseed, pistachios, algae oil, flaxseed oil and grape seed oil. Clinical trials that focus on a dietary pattern rich in functional foods are necessary to explore if the additive effect of these foods lead to more clinically relevant outcomes.
PubMed 33506690 ↗Algae Oil
People mainly take Algae Oil for focus, recovery, pain & inflammation. Based on 17 first-hand reports and 2 meta-analyses & systematic reviews in the medical literature. Ranked #464 of 1,974 overall.
Of reports that state an outcome, 71% are positive.
What Algae Oil does, according to users
Of the people who reported each effect, the share who said it got better.
What the research says
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses from PubMed, with their published conclusions.
At least one meta-analysis, or 5+ randomized controlled trials. The grade measures how much human research exists — read the conclusions below for what it found.
Conclusion: Further work is now needed to identify optimal doses of alternative vegetarian LC3PUFAs and how these can be integrated within daily diets. The potential role of algal oils appears to be particularly promising and an area in which further research is warranted.
PubMed 24261532 ↗Dosage people report
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Reported side effects
How often each side effect came up across all reports.
What users say
Verbatim quotes, shortened only — each links to the original discussion.
“Only thing with algae oil is if it's not the right stuff it will contain alpha lionic acid and little dha...Sadly seems fish or krill are the best source”
“Algae ones doesn’t have any after taste.”
“Algae oil* not only because he said he's vegetarian, but because it is equal in quality”
“DHA algal is in phospholipid form too. But they also confirmed that the form of omega-3s found in algae is triglyceride, the same as found in fish oil.”
“Algae Oil Epa/Dha”
Top discussions (5)
- I actually tested whether my fish oil supplements were doing anything ↗
- 19 year old with horrible labs ↗
- Omega-3s are great for your health—but supplements may not be ↗
- The DHA in roe (fish eggs) is in phospholipid form, which allows it to be transported directly to the brain, unlike capsules where DHA is bound to triglycerides. Also roe is far superior source of DHA as it has 8X the amount at chicken egg yolks. ↗
- I added running (heavy cardio) to my stack and it has changed my life. ↗
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