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Omega-3 is oil,, so it floats around in your stomach, and when it comes up with a burp, you get a fishy smell..
Take it right after eating + Drink plenty of water + Don't lie down immediately after taking it, These three things are key..
If you have acid reflux, managing your posture after meals is especially important..

Hello, I'm Aiden from PharmAlly..

I get this question really often when consulting at the pharmacy..

"After I take omega-3, I get a burp a while laterâwhy does it smell so fishy??.."

Imagine this: during an afternoon meeting, suddenly a subtle fishy smell comes up from your mouth...! 🫠

Today I'm going to be honest about why that happens and give you solutions that actually work..

오메가3 먹고 나서 한참 있다가 트림이 나는데, 왜 그렇게 비린 거예요?..

Omega-3 is basically just 'oil.'

First, please remember this one sentence:.

An omega-3 capsule is a lump of oil..

It's oil extracted from fish put inside a capsule.Unlike rice or water, it doesn't get digested quickly in your digestive systemâinstead, it floats around in your stomach for a while..

Oil floats on water, and it's the same way in your stomach..

Undigested oil floats on top of the stomach contents, and when a burp comes up, oil droplets come up with it into the esophagus..

That's where the fishy smell comes from..

You know that feeling when you eat fried food and your stomach feels bloated and you burp? Everyone's experienced that.?

Omega-3 works the same way..

So how should you take it??

First:: Take it right after a meal.

If you take omega-3 on an empty stomach, two problems occur..

One is your absorption rate drops..

DHA and EPA, the main components of omega-3, are absorbed well when they're with fat. On an empty stomach, there's no fat, so the absorption efficiency itself decreases..

The other problem is that when your stomach suddenly has to handle a lump of oil, you get burps, heartburn, and nausea..

If you take it after eating rice, both of these problems are solved at once..

Since there's already food in your stomach, the oil doesn't float around alone as much, and the digestive enzymes released during your meal help process the omega-3 as well..

By the way, the absorption method varies depending on the type of omega-3 (TG, EE, rTG)..

Which form of product you choose also affects convenience,,

👉 and if you're curious about this, [check out "What's the Difference Between Types of Omega-3?"?].

Second: Drink plenty of water.

Rather than just swallowing the capsule, drink a full glass of water with it..

It helps the capsule go down to your stomach properly and slows down how quickly the oil spreads in your stomach..

Third:: Don't lie down right after taking it.

This is much more important than you think..

Some people have the habit of lying on the couch right after eating or going straight to bed.?

When you do this, the stomach contents are more likely to be pushed up toward the esophagus against gravity. The same goes for the oil from omega-3..

For 30 minutes to 1 hour after taking omega-3, keep yourself sitting or standing..

Just changing this one thing alone makes many people notice a significant reduction in fishy burps..

If you have acid reflux,

Acid reflux is a condition where stomach acid and stomach contents repeatedly come back up into the esophagus..

The muscle 'door' between your stomach and esophagus doesn't close properly, so things in your stomach keep flowing back up. This muscle is called 'the lower esophageal sphincter.'.

But fatty foods are known to make this 'door' looser..

This 'door' has a defending side and an attacking side..

The defensive factor that tightens the door is protein..

On the other hand, the attacking factors that loosen the door are fat, chocolate, coffee, cola, tea, peppermint, garlic, and onions and things like that..

So when you take omega-3,, rather than taking it with an overly fatty meal, it's safer to take it after a moderate meal that includes some protein..

And again, lying down immediately after taking it is especially something people with acid reflux need to be careful about.!

Aiden's Final Thought

Just because you're getting fishy burps doesn't mean you need to stop taking omega-3..

Most of the time it's a problem with how you're taking it..

Just following these three thingsâafter meals, with water, and staying seated for a bit after taking itâmakes a difference.!

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One small habit change can make the nutritional supplement you take every day much less bothersome..

One more thing:, If the fishy smell is unusually strong, the problem might not be your intake method but the product itself..

Because omega-3 is oil, when rancidity sets in, the smell becomes much stronger..

👉 If you're curious about what criteria to use when choosing a good omega-3,, [check out "Omega-3 Selection Criteria Rated Directly by a Pharmacist."]!

This has been Aiden from PharmAlly.!