At 185 pounds and a 0.25 maintenance dose, your actual dosage should be 5 teaspoons, not 5 grams. The 4.6 gram recommendation is for total EPA + DHA dose, not total fish oil dose. So… it takes 5 teaspoons of your brand of cod liver oil (not the best source of concentrated EPA and DHA) to add up to the 4.6 grams of EPA + DHA. I’d recommend switching from the CLO to a good concentrated fish oil like Barlean’s or Carlson’s. Hope this helps.

Dallas

Thanks for the the handy calculator, really helpful to have one of these.

When I punch in my numbers I get a “Recommended Daily Dose” of 4.6 grams (this is the bottom of the left hand column)

I’m using Carlson’s Cod Liver Oil.

As I look on the Carlson’s label, 4.6 grams happens to equal exactly 1 tsp (5ml).

But… when I look at the calculator it says I should be having 6 tsps a day?

I’m 185 pounds, doing maintenance having Carlson’s 500 DHA/400 EPA.

Thanks for any response that might resolve my 5tsp difference:) and I hope I’m not making some completely daft mistake here;)

-Josh

I re-sent the message regarding the consulting. It was sent from my yahoo e-mail so I hope it isn’t getting filtered to the “spam” folder.

By the way, I am a week in to the WHole 30 and I find I am SUPER thirsty. I usually drink a ton of water so being thirsty is weird and has lead to crazy night time bathroom visits. Is “camel coming out of the desert” thirst normal?

Thanks a bunch-
Ana

@Ana: Great question! We’re actually going to take this one main page next week, because we get this often at our workshops. Stay tuned! (PS I never received your consultation email – I went back through my filters and nothing came up! Send it to me again, to melissa@whole9life.com.)

Thanks in advance…I sent an e-mail about consultation and hope I get a response soon.
Ana