Mmm. Fish-oily.

There's this new thing I'm trying. It's not enough that I let Matt talk me into doing the Zone with him; now he's got me all graduated to the Omega Zone, which is basically where you eat according to the Zone way, but you also obsess over how much fish oil you consume on a daily basis.

So he went out and bought the latest book on the subject (see sidebar) just before Christmas, in the hopes that it would help motivate us to get back on track once the holidays were out of the way. And according to this book, the right amount of highly concentrated fish oil will all but cure my ADD. I'd heard such things before and remained unconvinced, but the science behind the theory seemed sound, and since I'm so totally over taking 30 pills a day, most of which are for controlling my focus issues, I figured, what the hey? I'll give it a whirl. I'm now on day three of said whirl.

So far, so good. Today is my first on-the-job trial, which is the big test. Things to take into account are that (a) there hasn't yet been enough time for all of my other supplements to be completely depleted from my system, and (b) quality, highly concentrated fish oil is not inexpensive, so I'm reluctant to take more than half as much as the book recommends for ADD, which is still about three times as much as I had been taking. If I continue to be able to tell a difference after this amount, then I might break down and invest in enough to cover the full recommended amount. If I can stop taking all those other supplements and take only this, then I figure the cost will even itself out.

The full amount is 15 grams. That, you guys, is a LOT of fish oil to consume in a day. It's still a lot of pills, if that's the way I end up taking it, but for now I'm trying it in liquid form. Not straight, mind, because all appearances to the contrary, I'm not a masochist. I mix it in a shake with 2% milk, frozen berries and protein powder, and it's... still fish-oily. But tolerably so.

So for now I'm doing the shakes--which only contain 7.5 grams, and of which you're supposed to drink two a day, and I'm only drinking one--for lunch on days I go to the gym. On gym skip days I guess I'll take pills. It seems to be working about as well as the Mega-Mind/St. John's Wort combo I've been taking, but like I said, it's still too soon to tell. Since the fish oil is supposed to have the added benefits of keeping my PMS in check and all that heart-healthiness, I'm kind of rooting for it to work. I'll keep you posted.