If I'm reading this right, if you can't get many fish sources in your diet, it's better to increase the quantity of non-DHA sources (certain seeds, oils and vegetables). But my understanding is non-DHA is not helpful so I may not be understanding correctly
Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), the Omega-3 present in most plant sources, can get its chemical structure lenghtened to EPA and DHA in the organism. The problem appears to be, when people get older, the efficiency of this conversion takes a large hit.
Eat some berries and nuts
"Paleo" diet doesn't even include that much meat in it
So many hoops to jump through to understand what the hell you're talking about, just to land on what could charitably be called the dumbest thing I'll read today if I'm lucky.
So yes, you eventually evolved for this, but it wasn’t the dominant food source for a loooooong time.
During different points of time the ration was very different. From "mostly nuts" to "mostly fish".
If I had afib I'd talk to a doctor about it before taking it and probably would stay well under 1G on any day I don't eat fish and skip it entirely on a day that I do.
Not a dr, not a health professional, not anyone you should listen to perhaps at all, but this is my understanding.
Do I need to eat fish twice a week? 5 times? Do I need to supplement because there is no way to eat enough fish?
Would love some practical guidance tacked on to this
- hemp hearts (complete protein, goes best with oatmeal for breakfast, on salads, or in soups for an extra bit of nutty / fatty flavor)
- pumpkin seeds (also good source of iron, iirc)
- algae-based supplement (currently taking an omega3 + vit D + vit K combo capsule from nordic naturals)
* 217,122 participants whose data was extracted from the UK biobank database
* Out of those 217,122, 325 got early onset dementia over an average of 8.3 years
* The vast percentage of data came from exactly one blood draw per person between 2006 and 2010 at the beginning of the biobank study
Omega-3 Blood | Hazard Risk | Rate of Incidence | Percent Incidence
Level Quintiles | | Over 8.3 Years | Over 8.3 Years
-------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------
Q1 (Lowest 20%) | 1.0 | 193 in 100,000 | 0.193%
Q4 (High) | 0.62 | 120 in 100,000 | 0.120%
Q5 (Highest 20%) | 0.60 | 116 in 100,000 | 0.116%There's a bunch of less harmful stuff you can fill your diet with that just by virtue of displacing terrible things has positive effects.
if you want the purest Omega3 EPA without all the contaminants that are in OTC supplement nonsense (they are completely unregulated and untested by batch)
ask your doctor for a script of generic VASCEPA
CostPlusDrugs has the cheapest generic Vascepa that I've found
The dose is usually two pills a day but trust me on this, start with one for a long time, it takes your GI a long time to handle it without bathroom urgency
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