All the omega-3s without the mercury

November 21, 2008 By Julie Deardorff

Problem: I'm taking fish oil supplements. But I still worry about mercury contamination.

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• greensky - Nov 22, 2008
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  Is there any reason flax seed isn't a good alternative?
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• smiffy - Nov 22, 2008
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  There seems to be a push for marketing marine fish oils going on at the moment.
  
  See http://www.physor...234.html
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• abburdlen - Nov 22, 2008
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  greensky- Flax and other vegetable source provide omega-3 in the form of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). Marine sources provide the forms docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) & eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) both of those have been shown to reduce the risk of heart attack and evidence of a host of other benefits.
  The body can covert ALA to EPA & DHA but not very efficiently.
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• morpheus2012 - Nov 22, 2008
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  yes u need to get a pure fish oil couse otherwise
  u might doing more harm then good
  
  one of the purest above stadards is from life extension fundation
  
  lef.org i belive
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