Essential Fatty Acids - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

Zinc · 10-15-2004, 06:16 AM

Hi

Can you tell me the cheapest way to ensure I am getting all the right EFAs in my diet please? I am on a low budget and I cannot afford to buy hemp seed oil capsules. Is it sufficient to rely on oily fish alone to get all my EFAs?

Thanks.
Zinc

zip2play · 10-15-2004, 07:16 AM

Cheapest is a cod liver oil LIQUID (I use Twin Lab NORWEGIAN unflavored). You take a tsp a day (5 ml.) to get a gram of EPA + DHA and this costs about $6 for 12 ounces (72 doses)...Thus the cost is $6/72 or $.08 a day. Shop for price because you CAN pay a LOT more.

You CANNOT find cheaper than my method (and I'm a cheapskate- so I speak true!

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Zinc · 10-15-2004, 09:00 AM

Thanks zip2play

Now this is where I'm going to show up my ignorance, but I thought EPA and DHA are both Omega 3 oils. Is that right? In which case, what about Omega 6 oils? Are they essential too, and does cod liver oil contain Omega 6?

Thanks again.
Zinc

zip2play · 10-15-2004, 06:16 PM

Zinc,
You get Omega-6's in great abundance whenever you eat any polyunsaturated oils. The problem is ONLY getting enough Omega-3's...But for interest's sake a tsp. of cod liver oil contains much more Omega-6 than Omega-3 as does every oil.

SaveTheForests · 10-15-2004, 10:29 PM

Does the Cod Liver Oil taste good?