Dr. Andy Galpin

And so in general, to get to the end here, the dosage for brain-related injuries is somewhere between two to four grams per day, though... There's really little risk. The only adverse issue you're going to typically have here is potentially some loose stool. Again, there's not that much evidence of it, but if you consume a bunch of oil, that can kind of run through you a little bit.

And so in general, to get to the end here, the dosage for brain-related injuries is somewhere between two to four grams per day, though... There's really little risk. The only adverse issue you're going to typically have here is potentially some loose stool. Again, there's not that much evidence of it, but if you consume a bunch of oil, that can kind of run through you a little bit.

Probably not going to see much happen there very often. The timing of it doesn't matter that much. You would certainly want to be taking it before the injury as well as after the injury. And the timing of the day is honestly totally irrelevant. And so pretty easy, pretty fast one to go through, very effective.

Probably not going to see much happen there very often. The timing of it doesn't matter that much. You would certainly want to be taking it before the injury as well as after the injury. And the timing of the day is honestly totally irrelevant. And so pretty easy, pretty fast one to go through, very effective.

I personally will be totally honest, I take a lot more than four grams for other benefits, but very fairly, the available evidence on not necessarily directly TBI RCTs, but the other associated areas of brain health and injury and damage, pretty consistently show the effect happens at about two or so grams, and studies that have looked at higher doses don't see any additional benefit.

I personally will be totally honest, I take a lot more than four grams for other benefits, but very fairly, the available evidence on not necessarily directly TBI RCTs, but the other associated areas of brain health and injury and damage, pretty consistently show the effect happens at about two or so grams, and studies that have looked at higher doses don't see any additional benefit.

So I think it's very fair to say two grams a day or so is the effective dose, and more than that may not give you additional benefit. What's that look like from food? Another example where vegans and vegetarians really should honestly strongly consider supplementation here. We're going to get fish oil from fish, pretty obviously, right?

So I think it's very fair to say two grams a day or so is the effective dose, and more than that may not give you additional benefit. What's that look like from food? Another example where vegans and vegetarians really should honestly strongly consider supplementation here. We're going to get fish oil from fish, pretty obviously, right?

Salmon, herring, sardines, mackerels, trout are generally the most highest concentration ones. Salmon being the most obvious example, that's got about two grams of fish oil per hundred grams. of cooked meat. Again, that'd be three and a half ounces or so, which is not an outrageous dosage at all. Unfortunately, the standard American diet is typically about 100 milligrams of omega-3s per day.

Salmon, herring, sardines, mackerels, trout are generally the most highest concentration ones. Salmon being the most obvious example, that's got about two grams of fish oil per hundred grams. of cooked meat. Again, that'd be three and a half ounces or so, which is not an outrageous dosage at all. Unfortunately, the standard American diet is typically about 100 milligrams of omega-3s per day.

And we need to get to two, right? So you're going to have to up your ante. It's totally possible, but most people just don't do enough of it. This is a really important one to go after. I know I just covered information, but I want to also highlight the fact that you can check

And we need to get to two, right? So you're going to have to up your ante. It's totally possible, but most people just don't do enough of it. This is a really important one to go after. I know I just covered information, but I want to also highlight the fact that you can check

What I mean by that is unlike creatine where it's going to be really hard to measure your creatine monohydrate, especially in your brain levels, you as a preventative strategy should look at your omega-3 index and identify whether you have problems because there's a lot of evidence to suggest if you go into a brain injury with a better omega-3, the brain injury will be less significant.

What I mean by that is unlike creatine where it's going to be really hard to measure your creatine monohydrate, especially in your brain levels, you as a preventative strategy should look at your omega-3 index and identify whether you have problems because there's a lot of evidence to suggest if you go into a brain injury with a better omega-3, the brain injury will be less significant.

So our starting place here is to actually not go into the injury with a problem. I mentioned this, but I'll be more clear. The omega-3 index is not a perfect way to measure it, but it is an effective blood test you can get done. And what that's going to effectively tell you is the percentage of EPA and DHA that's in the membrane of your red blood cells.

So our starting place here is to actually not go into the injury with a problem. I mentioned this, but I'll be more clear. The omega-3 index is not a perfect way to measure it, but it is an effective blood test you can get done. And what that's going to effectively tell you is the percentage of EPA and DHA that's in the membrane of your red blood cells.

And there's been a handful of studies on this that are quite impressive, my opinion. Studies on football players and even basketball players have found that the mass majority of them have an omega-3 index of less than 5%. Optimal is like 8 to 10, maybe even 12. The overwhelming majority of these athletes are less than five.

And there's been a handful of studies on this that are quite impressive, my opinion. Studies on football players and even basketball players have found that the mass majority of them have an omega-3 index of less than 5%. Optimal is like 8 to 10, maybe even 12. The overwhelming majority of these athletes are less than five.

In fact, I think the studies I'm thinking of right now, the two kind of combined, basically none of the athletes had higher than 7%. Again, eight to 12 is what we're looking for. In fact, the reason we're doing that is because there's been known and shown documented cognitive benefits at 10% plus, even as low as 8% plus. So in these studies, no athletes are there.

In fact, I think the studies I'm thinking of right now, the two kind of combined, basically none of the athletes had higher than 7%. Again, eight to 12 is what we're looking for. In fact, the reason we're doing that is because there's been known and shown documented cognitive benefits at 10% plus, even as low as 8% plus. So in these studies, no athletes are there.