Do fish oil capsules have calories?

[Phineas]

I picked up some fish oil capsules. 1 capsule contains 1000mg (180 EPA, 120 DHA), but says nothing about calories.

Starting cutting tomorrow so I need to account for my calories.

Thanks.

 

[jagbender]

mine 1400 concentrate mg
900mg omega 3
epa 647
dha 253
15 calories each

 

[ThreeGigs]

9 calories per gram, yes.

 

[Merkaba]

By the way... 400 1000mg caps at costco for 8 bucks. pretty decent

 

[oufinny]

Yes fish oil has calories, it is oil so expect a minimum of 9 calories per gram.

 

[LAM]

macronutrients (protein, carbs & fats) contain calories micronutrients (vitamins & minerals) do not...

 

[vortrit]

It depends what kind you get, but they all have some. It's not very much though.

 

[Kagigi]

Thats tight accounting!!

 

[Phineas]

Ya I know 9 calories to 1g fat. The reason I asked was because I wasn't sure if the capsule supplements used some odd process of extracting good shit from the fatty acids without the calories.

Just wanted to be 100%. I'll estimated 1 cap as 10 cals, so 10 a day being 100 calories. I think that's reasonable.

Thanks everyone.