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Why not just be vegan and take algae-based Omega-3 supplements??? If find the News' obsession with the Mediterranean diet very strange.

mrtesthah 5y ago
Why are you assuming that the primary health benefits in the mediterranean diet come from omega-3 fatty acids? They could just as well come from oleuropin in olives / olive oil.
hervature 5y ago
Why even bother with tablets? A tablespoon of flaxseed covers your Omega 3 and lots of fiber.
- theptip 5y ago
  I was under the impression that flax just gives you ALA not EPA/DHA, so you won’t get all the benefits of fish/krill oil with flax. The latter two are the ones that give the biggest benefits. Eg https://www.nordicnaturals.com/healthy-science/is-eating-chia-and-flax-enough-to-meet-your-daily-omega-3-needs/ https://www.nordicnaturals.com/healthy-science/is-eating-chi...
- TylerLives 5y ago
  Only ~10% of plant based omega 3s is "useful" - https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/why-not-flaxseed-oil https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/why-not-flaxseed...
cheese_goddess 5y ago
This is an honest question and I would prefer not to start a flame war, but would you replace all the food you eat with nutritional supplements? Or, if not all, then as many as possible? If this is not possible today, is it something that you would want to do in the future?
- KitDuncan 5y ago
  Not OP, but no? Are you implying that commiting to a Vegan diet means no delicious food? Because you couldn't be further from the truth. Once you actually go out of your way to eat a balanced plant based diet, you'll discover super tasty recipes that are on par or better with the dishes you are used to.
  - cheese_goddess 5y ago
    Indeed there are and I grew up in a culture where most food is what would be called vegetarian or vegan, and delicious, and I cook that kind of food for myself. However, cooking delicious food with raw materials is not compatible, in my mind, with factory-produced nutritional supplements, because all of a person's nutritional needs can be covered by ordinary food. Does this perhaps make my point more clear? I don't understand the need for supplements, when one can cook nutritious and delicious food on their own.

mrtesthah 5y ago

Why are you assuming that the primary health benefits in the mediterranean diet come from omega-3 fatty acids? They could just as well come from oleuropin in olives / olive oil.

hervature 5y ago

Why even bother with tablets? A tablespoon of flaxseed covers your Omega 3 and lots of fiber.

theptip 5y ago
I was under the impression that flax just gives you ALA not EPA/DHA, so you won’t get all the benefits of fish/krill oil with flax. The latter two are the ones that give the biggest benefits. Eg https://www.nordicnaturals.com/healthy-science/is-eating-chia-and-flax-enough-to-meet-your-daily-omega-3-needs/ https://www.nordicnaturals.com/healthy-science/is-eating-chi...
TylerLives 5y ago
Only ~10% of plant based omega 3s is "useful" - https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/why-not-flaxseed-oil https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/why-not-flaxseed...

cheese_goddess 5y ago

This is an honest question and I would prefer not to start a flame war, but would you replace all the food you eat with nutritional supplements? Or, if not all, then as many as possible? If this is not possible today, is it something that you would want to do in the future?

KitDuncan 5y ago
Not OP, but no? Are you implying that commiting to a Vegan diet means no delicious food? Because you couldn't be further from the truth. Once you actually go out of your way to eat a balanced plant based diet, you'll discover super tasty recipes that are on par or better with the dishes you are used to.
- cheese_goddess 5y ago
  Indeed there are and I grew up in a culture where most food is what would be called vegetarian or vegan, and delicious, and I cook that kind of food for myself. However, cooking delicious food with raw materials is not compatible, in my mind, with factory-produced nutritional supplements, because all of a person's nutritional needs can be covered by ordinary food. Does this perhaps make my point more clear? I don't understand the need for supplements, when one can cook nutritious and delicious food on their own.