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[DoomAndGloom]

Just recently some of Vitacost's omega-3 products went on sale and if you buy 25$ or more of their store brand you get free shipping. In addition, I have a 10$ coupon for their store (and can send more to anyone who wants them).

Altogether I can get 22 bottles (buy 11, get 11 free) of Omega-3 capsules (http://www.vitacost....ga-3-500-mg-dha) for $27.39, and with my coupon that is $17.39 (with free shipping!) for what equates to 500 grams of DHA and 100 grams of EPA. But there you might see my problem, if it really is a problem.

The caps are marketed as prenatal omega-3 capsules, and thus their DHA/EPA ratio is 5 to 1. Are they still worth buying or should I wait for something with a more normal ratio to come on sale? An example of what I would wait for to go on sale is this one: http://www.vitacost....ng-300-softgels

(Also in case anyone decides to buy them, since it is a pretty good deal, you can also get two free samples off this page: http://www.vitacost.com/freesamples. Even though they're not ~amazing~ they can be nice.)

Edited by DoomAndGloom, 20 April 2012 - 10:32 PM.

[DoomAndGloom]

Nevermind, I figured it is probably a bad idea. EPA seems to be more important than DHA, and yet there is minimal EPA. Maybe if I found something that had really high amounts of EPA to DHA (7-1) I could combine one cap of each and it'd be ~8-5.

Hopefully the other link I gave goes on sale sometime soon!

[nameless]

I'd suggest getting something besides the NSI brand. They aren't exactly known for high quality. When I have had Vitacost coupons (Groupon had some nice deals in the past), I usually just bought other brands, like Jarrow, or something safe... like shampoo.

Edited by nameless, 20 April 2012 - 11:50 PM.

[Reformed-Redan]

Wow these are extreme discounts. I got all my DHA for a while now. LOL Free shipping and 10 bucks off. Thanks man.

[Reformed-Redan]

Gosh I wish I had a consumerlab account about now. *pssst*, can anyone tell me how does NSI rank on their scale of quality control? Just an "ok" would do. :D

Edited by redan, 23 April 2012 - 06:15 AM.