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Let me start by saying that I bought this with my heart health in mind. That said, I was sorta terrified to actually consume the stuff. I finished all of my fish oil capsules before popping the top on this oil, and dragged my feet before committing to eating it. I need not have worried. The flavor is very mild, almost no odor, and if you like fish like I do, the flavor is actually quite pleasant. Oh, and no more fish burps. Go figure. I mixed these 3 bottles with a bottle of flaxseed oil to get an ideal mix of omega 3 fats, and take 2 tablespoons of the mix daily. I usually mix it with some olive oil and use it as an oil dip with bread (the olive oil was something I had already been doing regularly). Mixed this way, the fish flavor almost entirely disappears. Like I said, I bought this for my heart health. But, starting on this had an unintended and welcome side effect. I have long suffered from inflammatory bowel, and off and on I will have weeks-long bouts of diarrhea (sorry for the personal details here). I was going through such an episode when I started taking the cod liver oil and it had not responded to any of the probiotics or medications that usually help to stem the tide. But the day after I started taking this, the diarrhea just... stopped. And didn't come back. I knew that omega 3 was supposed to be good as an anti-inflammatory agent for the cardiovascular system, but it seems to work wonders for the gut, as well. No more cramps, no more feeling like I suddenly have to run for the bathroom. And I had been hitting the throne room (at speed) around 6+ times a day at the time. Now, you might be tempted to call it psychosomatic or a placebo effect. The only problem is that I never considered taking fish oil for my bowel troubles. After all, I had been taking the capsules before and they never had any effect on my belly problems. And I was worried that, if anything, taking big doses of a fish oil might make it worse. So, imagine my surprise! Plus, I just generally FEEL better. Now, that may be a placebo effect, but it's still true. There's some discussion of the quality of this product in the questions section over concerns about how it's processed or extracted. I can tell you that because of my personal experience with it, I am a believer in its quality. And though my experience may be anecdotal, the results were definitive enough for me that I would call them better than any scientific study could have predicted. Time will tell what effect it has on my cholesterol numbers, but I have a confidence in that outcome that I haven't had with just about anything else I've tried so far. I can say with absolute certainty that I would wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone.