Comments on: How To Get Your Omega-3s For Vegetarians and Vegans

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 20:41:04 +0000

In reply to Amelie. Hi Amelie, thank you so much for reading my post! Do you mean the NutraSea NutraVeg supplements? The active ingredient is algal oil (just over 1 gram per teaspoon). There is sunflower oil in there you are right, which is used to make it palatable and so they can add other ingredients such as the antioxidants to it does not go rancid. I estimate there is about 3 grams of sunflower oil per teaspoon which is not very much. There is nothing 'bad' about sunflower oil, it is just that too much is not ideal. I am in the process of researching other reputable brands for plant-based omega-3 but for now this is the best one I have found. I will keep you posted! Thanks again!

By: Amelie

Amelie — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 20:56:48 +0000

Hi, I found the suggestions really helpful. I had bough the NutriSense supplement you suggest but stopped taking it because when looking at the ingredients, it is primarily made of sunflower oil which you don’t recommend in your text and doesn’t contain omega-3s.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 14 Sep 2019 19:09:36 +0000

In reply to Jack kenney. Hi Jack, Thank you for your information. Good to know there is a spirulina capsule out there. I haven't read a lot of evidence on it but I will keep my eye out. Nutra Veg is a great algea based supplement that I am familiar with and as I understand their methods for removing contaminents is optimal.

By: Jack kenney

Jack kenney — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 11:51:43 +0000

I thought I should inform you that there is indeed Spirulina oil available in vegan-caps from supplement companies like deva, with forms of spirulina oil that contain some EPA. its in fact better than fish oil since you avoid cholesterol and mecury and other trace’s of bad material since deva does not grow their spirulina from the ocean. dried chlorella is the highest in DHA/EPA in pure form of all the plant based DHA/EPA with 25mg/g. so the two best options are spirulina oil and chlorella.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 23:34:32 +0000

In reply to Anette Olin. Hi Anette, for women the recommendation is 2-4g of LNA per day, this will convert to the minimum requirement of 650mg DHA and EPA :)

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:20:28 +0000

In reply to Anette Olin. That’s exactly right. There’s no RDIs set for omega 3 or ALA but research ha demonstrated that that is enough ALA for general Health. Thanks for stopping by!

By: Anette Olin

Anette Olin — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 12:00:46 +0000

Hi! Thank you for this informative post! I just wanted to see if I understood you right. If I, as a vegan woman, eat at leats 2-4g of LNA per day I will get a sufficient amount of EPA and DHA?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 17:45:45 +0000

In reply to JQ. Hi JQ thanks fir the feedback. I previously had it as ALA but some got it confused with alpha lipoic acid. Some textbooks use LNA as the correct abbreviation, but you are right it may be more user friendly to switch back.

By: JQ

JQ — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 13:23:52 +0000

You might want to correct LNA to ALA. Your advice is good but this mistake will hurt your credibility and confuse people trying to figure this out.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 22:53:50 +0000

In reply to ilan. 1 tbsp is 15 cc. 1 tsp is 5 cc

By: ilan

ilan — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 11:16:30 +0000

1 tbsp Flaxseed Oil – 11g LNA???
Does not make sense. One tbsp is about 5cc. This is total weight of less than 5g

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 18:52:51 +0000

In reply to sac kelly hermes. Hi Sac, Just checking in that are you still subscribed? I now have an automatic e-mail out of new blog posts which may be the best way to receive new posts. Thank you for your interest!

By: Wayne Lilly

Wayne Lilly — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 14:26:00 +0000

In reply to theconsciousdietitian.

I am not sure if previous replies reached you. If you removed it for some reason, I will not repost out of respect. If my reply never reached you, I apologize. Please feel free to reach me directly at [email protected]

Wayne

By: Joseph Garrahan

Joseph Garrahan — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:05:00 +0000

thank you for researching and sharing. I am vegetarian in USA. Although we have supplements i try to stay with whole food sources. It seems to me that dha is limited and may be necessary to get it in supplement form. I was hoping to find a good source of DHA from specific sea vegetables.
Thanks again and I love your pictures. Helath and happiness to you

By: Joseph Garrahan

Joseph Garrahan — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:00:00 +0000

In reply to Wayne Lilly. thats good to here. can you tell me more about it Wayne?

By: theconsciousdietitian

theconsciousdietitian — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 19:24:00 +0000

In reply to Wayne Lilly. Hey Wayne, thanks for getting in touch! That is very interesting. What is the name of the supplement? I would love to know where the sources are from :) Rachel

By: Wayne Lilly

Wayne Lilly — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:07:00 +0000

If the food is not enough, there is now a 100% plant based Omega (3•6•9+5•7). My in-laws are vegan. While I am not, I like it because I hate the fishy aftertaste of the others. I know this is an old post, but feel free to let me know and I am happy to share.

By: sac kelly hermes

sac kelly hermes — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:40:26 +0000

I’m wondering how I might be notified when a new post has been made. I have subscribed to your RSS feed which must do the trick! Have a nice day.