doctor mcquillan, why should i take it? it is the most potent, natural anti-inflammatory that exists. it actually is very effective in treating the pain and the symptoms of inflammation so pain, swelling, like arthritic joints, back pain, swollen joints, things that cause disability. omega xl is in my medical opinion, the best anti-inflammatory product for your health. are you saying that this is better than fish oil? much better than fish oil, no question about it. i'll tell you why. fish oil you have no idea where the fish came from and when you're swallowing something you should care what you're putting in your body. a great deal of the fish oil comes from some of the dirtiest waters in the world from around the world. and when they bring these fish in, they don't take the filet and give that to you, the fish oil products. the filet many times goes to different restaurants and other types of food. they take what's remaining of the fish, probably 49-50% of the head, the bones, the tail, grind it all up and that is what go