{"id":4227,"date":"2011-06-17T16:19:17","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T16:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/4227"},"modified":"2011-06-17T16:19:17","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T16:19:17","slug":"should-i-use-omega-supplements-and-at-what-dose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/4227","title":{"rendered":"Should I use Omega supplements and at what dose?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Omega-3 is often prescribed to reduce triglyceride levels in people whose triglyceride levels are high. Whether or not this is something that might help you will depend on your own current levels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/8581\">This study<\/a> reported on using Omega-3 study in HIV-positive people to reduce triglycerides and includes dosing information.<\/p>\n<p>Information on cholesterol and triglycerides is included at <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/side\/cholesterol-and-triglycerides\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Omega-3 supplements can reduce triglyceride levels. This may be much more efficient than trying to obtain sufficient quantities of omega-3 from diet alone.\u00a0For example, a 4 g daily dose Omacor, (90% omega-3 acid ethyl esters) is equivalent to 150g mackerel or 700g tuna or 210g herring or 1.1 kg cod or 280g salmon or 1.7kg eels or 850g shrimps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have read that omega is very good to take in combination with ARVs.<\/p>\n<p>What is the recommended dose I should be looking to take? I am on atazanavir, ritonavir and Truvada.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,38,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-side-effects","category-supplements-and-herbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}