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cost of 100 omega 3 capsules (in .gr): ~10 euros, fish and nuts cost about 18 euros per kilo and tend to spoil.

by n2j3 4y ago

pprotas 4y ago
Omega 3 capsules can also spoil, right?
- humbleferret 4y ago
  > Omega 3 capsules can also spoil, right? Yes, they do. An old study suggests an average of 20% of omega-3 fish oil products had excessive oxidation. Or in other words, rancid. https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/article/80/1/138/6321411?login=false https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/article/80/1/138/6...
ben_w 4y ago
Fish are famous for spoiling quickly, but nuts are not.
The_Colonel 4y ago
Eating a lot of fish also brings some risks from microplastic and other pollution, especially if you don't pay attention to where it comes from.
ilostmyshoes 4y ago
You you can just buy cold pressed flax oil and supplement with that. ~30 USD for ~1L iirc and it has an absolute assload of ALA (omega3) Hemp seed oil is a good one for omega6 but usually people get enough 6 from diet and 3 is the one we need to boost to get the 3:6 ratio up https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid_ratio_in_food https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid_ratio_in_food
- newaccount74 4y ago
  I like flax oil, but it spoils very quickly. I have trouble going through 250ml before it goes rancid.
  - ilostmyshoes 4y ago
    Do you keep it in a refrigerator?
    - newaccount74 4y ago
      Maybe I should
- johnyzee 4y ago
  ALA must be converted to EPA and DHA, which it does at less than 10% efficiency, so you'd need to consume an assload of it, too. Your best bet is still fish(oil).
  - ilostmyshoes 4y ago
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  - Py-o7 4y ago
    and you can actually use up all the various desaturase and elongase enzymes in the process so that 10% upper bound drops markedly as you consume more ALA. Put differently long chain n-3's production definitely isn't linearly dependent on short chain n-3s like ALA and stearidonic acid.
  - vjerancrnjak 4y ago
    Your efficiency statement brings the requirement to less than a tbsp a day (there's about 7 grams of ALA in a tbsp).

cost of 100 omega 3 capsules (in .gr): ~10 euros, fish and nuts cost about 18 euros per kilo and tend to spoil.

by n2j3 4y ago

cost of 100 omega 3 capsules (in .gr): ~10 euros, fish and nuts cost about 18 euros per kilo and tend to spoil.

pprotas 4y ago

Omega 3 capsules can also spoil, right?

humbleferret 4y ago
> Omega 3 capsules can also spoil, right? Yes, they do. An old study suggests an average of 20% of omega-3 fish oil products had excessive oxidation. Or in other words, rancid. https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/article/80/1/138/6321411?login=false https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/article/80/1/138/6...

ben_w 4y ago

Fish are famous for spoiling quickly, but nuts are not.

The_Colonel 4y ago

Eating a lot of fish also brings some risks from microplastic and other pollution, especially if you don't pay attention to where it comes from.

ilostmyshoes 4y ago

You you can just buy cold pressed flax oil and supplement with that. ~30 USD for ~1L iirc and it has an absolute assload of ALA (omega3) Hemp seed oil is a good one for omega6 but usually people get enough 6 from diet and 3 is the one we need to boost to get the 3:6 ratio up https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid_ratio_in_food https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid_ratio_in_food

newaccount74 4y ago
I like flax oil, but it spoils very quickly. I have trouble going through 250ml before it goes rancid.
- ilostmyshoes 4y ago
  Do you keep it in a refrigerator?
  - newaccount74 4y ago
    Maybe I should
johnyzee 4y ago
ALA must be converted to EPA and DHA, which it does at less than 10% efficiency, so you'd need to consume an assload of it, too. Your best bet is still fish(oil).
- ilostmyshoes 4y ago
  [dead]
- Py-o7 4y ago
  and you can actually use up all the various desaturase and elongase enzymes in the process so that 10% upper bound drops markedly as you consume more ALA. Put differently long chain n-3's production definitely isn't linearly dependent on short chain n-3s like ALA and stearidonic acid.
- vjerancrnjak 4y ago
  Your efficiency statement brings the requirement to less than a tbsp a day (there's about 7 grams of ALA in a tbsp).