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I think all the brain matter can be composed by the body itself, indcluding DHA or DHEA. It is just easier to get big quantities from exogenous sources. The wor

I think all the brain matter can be composed by the body itself, indcluding DHA or DHEA. It is just easier to get big quantities from exogenous sources. The world champion of chess, Carlsen, comes from Norway where they produce the most salmon in the world. You can buy salmon everywhere, relatively cheap comparing to other places. However i am a vegan for 4 years, and i think my brain never worked better. Everything that comes from animal sources, can be substituted by plants, or from endogenous production of the body. How about our brain got evolved because of our vocal chords? I didn't see anyone considering that hypothesis. I can personally can imitate many animals, birds or whatever. My ancestors, ancient Greeks said that music is the ultimate art. How about we are making music for millions of years, and our brain processing that information, got so much ahead of all the other organisms?

hntrader 6y ago
We can endogenously produce it by converting it from ALA, but that conversion is very inefficient (5 percent), it doesn't result in the most bioavailable form (lyso-DHA) and most sources of ALA have high omega-6s. Not to mention there's going to be significant individual variability regarding the capability of converting ALA. Likely, some are going to do a great job of it, and others not so much. Just look at how much heterogeneity there is in the endogenous production of gut myrosinaise for example. Our bodies were designed to consume some fish, even if we can do without.