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Old Sun, Mar-26-06, 16:13
sailsouth sailsouth is offline
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Originally Posted by LOOPS
I thought only fish/seafood contains the long-chain EPA and DHA that we need (and eggs some DHA). Some people don't make this stuff that easily from ALA (like me) so I supplement and eat fish.

It seems that grain-fed beef IS much higher in omega 6 than omega 3 - nutritiondata.com has a breakdown of all the fatty acids found in different meats and as far as I can see, just about all beef, chicken, pork etc has much more omega 6 than omega 3. I'm assuming all their sources are bog-standard grain fed.


Yes, of course it makes a huge difference what the animals are fed as this is the source of omega3 and omega6. For example check out bison in nutrition data. You can also see how easily manipulated this is by examining the omega3 content of eggs from true free range chickens (not grain fed) or those that have been given fish meal and/or flax as part of their diet.
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