MikeMartial,
The three essential omega-3 fatty acids for human nutrition are ALA, DHA, and EPA. There's always a lot of talk about taking fish oil for DHA & EPA, but not so much about flaxseed for ALA. This thread is a perfect example. Why make a thread about the importance of EFA's and hardly mention ALA?
ALA is technically the only essential omega-3 fatty acid, because it can't be synthesized by humans. So that would technically make it the most important.
About your canola oil comment, the same thing could be said about EPA and DHA. EPA and DHA are readily available in fish and fish oils, but people aren't willing to eat fish each day. If they aren't willing to eat fish, why would they be willing to take 2 tbsp of canola oil, which is more calories and way less protein than the fish? I think most people would prefer to take an ALA supplement, just like they would prefer to take the EPA and DHA supplements.
thanks, very helpful.
question: my bottle of Spring Valley fish oil has a MEG-3 symbol and says that it's 99.99% purified, but no mention of molecular distillation. should i continue taking it?
Well the thread is titled "The Sherdogger's Guide To Fish Oil Supplementation."
A. You cook with canola and olive oil.
because just like "omega 6" we get plenty of it in our diets (if we do indeed all have clean diets) and there is no need to supplement it.
no need for anyone to get uppity.
I doubt you've written a thesis/dissertation in graduate school, and maybe not even a research paper in college, so I can't blame you.
thanks, very helpful.
question: my bottle of Spring Valley fish oil has a MEG-3 symbol and says that it's 99.99% purified, but no mention of molecular distillation. should i continue taking it?
Thanks for this.
I was a little confused with how much should be ingested before this. I looked on the back of bottles but was a bit put off by the fact that they stated no more than 3 capsules per day.
but then i realised this is most likely for sedentary people, much like vitamin and kcal RDAs.
Btw, MikeMartial, I pmed u. I appreciate the time you took to make the thread. I'm sure it will be very helpful to a lot of people.