Omega 3 from sources other than avocado or fish

[Alley]

sardines are excellent for 2 reasons it is giving you more of a nose to tail full food experience and the omega complex. They also are a small sustainable fish, smaller fish has less time to become metal toxic.

[Hermione]

Grass fed meat, too

[applezz13]

I make chia seed pudding and i get all my Omega 3 in one serving

[Karim_Wassef]

Mackerel - flame grilled with lime…
Also krill oil supplements
I like seaweed - nori
I think seafood like shrimp and lobster too - basically if it eats algae or plankton, it should have omega-3.

[Karim_Wassef]

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=107

https://www.seafoodhealthfacts.org/seafood-nutrition/healthcare-professionals/omega-3-content-frequently-consumed-seafood-products

[Bellyman]

Cook the eggs very gently, without breaking the yolks, as N-3 EFAs are very prone to oxidation, and scrambling will likely remove any beneficial effect wrt EFAs that any eggs may have had.

That’s interesting! A few years ago, my mom, in very poor health at the time, seemed to really like a sunny-side-up egg where the yolk was not cooked. Maybe her natural instincts were correct. Unfortunately, there was a lot more to her health issues at the time and she ended up passing. But I actually kinda like the yolk runny sometimes and got to be a pretty good “egg cooker” as a friend of my dad’s said.

Still love eggs and use quite a lot of them.

[ctviggen]

I usually scramble my eggs. Sorry, EFAs. In fact, many times I cook them at work, where all we have is a microwave. I have to scramble them there.

[LeCheffre]

Got this straight from Dr. & Dr. Eades in Protein Power Life Plan.

I’ll be honest though, I scramble a lot of eggs. But I sous vide, at sub boiling temp, so maybe not so bad. But when I go out, generally it’s sunny up or poached.

[Karim_Wassef]

I do this too!!! Pasteurized but still raw!

I put them in my shakes raw

[Dipper_Actual]

Just gonna leave this here Chia can also contain Omega 3s. My SNPs tell me I poorly convert ALA to EPA and to also avoid vitamin E supplentation, so weekly I’ll try to get something below, or make a ‘seafood salad’ with canned fish, or a large bowl of self mixed LCHF friendly nuts.

These are just what’s considered the ‘best’ sources of Omega 3 but they’re all present in animal fat, especially animals that are grass fed and finished. (Otherwise aren’t fed a lot of Omega 6)

[LeCheffre]

I generally blend them with some dairy, and make egg bites or mini-quiches. But pasteurized and raw is probably the most pure nutrition.

[OldDoug]

Damn, Charley, let me put on my sunglasses first next time…

[Dipper_Actual]

They are glorious, eh? Just wanted to put out there that any sushi place worth it’s salt will have some sashimi fish that don’t taste fishy.

Edit: and it doesn’t hurt that they’re chilled, on ice, which will also tend to keep any intrinsic smell muted.

[Foard150]

Hi @corduroyew, and sorry I’m late to this discussion.

There is some mixed research on ALA vs. EPA & DHA. In animal studies where they sampled EPA/DHA in the brain (you really can’t do that to humans) they found normal levels of EPA/DHA in animals fed flax/ALA as their source of omega-3s. The blood EPA/DHA were lower and blood ALA was higher.

Fish oil supplements haven’t been shown to be beneficial for most medical problems. Only eating whole fish.

I’m not a physician, or health researcher, but I’ve seen several friends and family benefit from adding ground flax or flax oil to their diet. Flax products are sensitive to heat and going rancid, but they are much better than fish in this regard.

I have a number of the studies referenced here:

The Case for Flax

The general consensus of most people I’m acquainted with puts fish as kinda’ gross. Personally I love raw fish (sushi, sashimi, poke, ceviche), and I love fish from a high end restaurant. I’ve never gotten the knack for cooking it, it is less forgiving than beef and bacon, and just doesn’t leave the same house warming smell lingering in my house like pork and beef. Additionally, there is there is the fear of all the lead dioxins etc. in fish. I stumbled upon flax a few years ago while doing …

[Karim_Wassef]

The Benefits of Seaweed (And When To Avoid It) | Wellness Mama

[LindaKaufman]

You have two choices: either love omega-3 vitamins or love omega-3 foods. Fish is not so bad, if it is tasty to cook.

[CrackerJax]

That looks amazing!

[Dipper_Actual]

Done right, it tastes as exquisite as it looks

[Hermione]

For me it’s the rancidity of flax that bothers me. Same with hemp. You don’t know how fresh it is or how it’s been stored. If I do get some it’ll be whole seeds.z

I had high hopes for hemp but found that I gradually came to loathe the taste

[maxperill]

I really don’t like fish and and despise avocado but I’m trying to work more omega 3 into my diet. Right now I’m getting most of it from flax seeds but I’m looking for more options. Any suggestions for omega 3 foods. I realize i could go with supplements but I am hoping to get it from real food.

I am a vegetarian so I don’t eat fish and I don’t even eat avocado because I don’t like their taste so for omega 3 I eat flaxseed and walnuts.