Thu, Jun-06-02, 05:18
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Starting Over!
Posts: 3,435
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Plan: Protein Power LifePlan
Stats: 182/178/150
BF:Jiggley mess
Progress: 13%
Location: Texas!!
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As the article says:
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Fish may be the richest source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, but plant foods such as flaxseeds, flaxseed oil, canola oil, unhydrogenated soybean oil and walnuts contain shorter-chain omega-3 fatty acids called alpha-linolenic acid. Some of those can be converted to the long-chain version, Willett says.
It takes about 10 grams of the shorter-chain version to make one gram of the long-chain version, Simopoulos says. Vegetarians and people who really don't like fish should try to add those plant foods to their diet, she says.
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