Should I Be Eating Foods Containing Omega 3 Fatty Acids?
Science is now firmly convinced of the health benefits of Omega 3 fatty acids, but should you be eating the new foods containing Omega 3 fatty acids that you are now seeing on the shelves of your supermarket?
There's basically 2 forms of Omega 3 fats, plant based and marine based. It's generally considered that the marine based Omega 3 fats DHA and EPA are better for you.
So as it's now known that these are good for you food manufacturers are starting to make foods containing Omega 3 fatty acids. But should you eat them?
The short answer is that it's fine to eat foods containing Omega 3 fatty acids, usually added by using fish oil with DHA and EPA in it. This is good for you.
But that isn't the full answer to the question.
Demand for these foods has increased so food companies see an opportunity, and are charging a lot more for foods high in Omega 3.
So you also have to ask yourself how much good Omega 3 fats you're actually getting in these Omega 3 rich foods, and also how much it's costing you.
To give you an example a serving of Omega 3 enriched bread will give you somewhere around 120mg of Omega 3 fats. Nice but not a lot compared to the 3000 mg you get from eating a serving of fish. And that bread will probably cost a lot more than regular bread.
And eating fish isn't cheap either, not to forget that it's probably got some levels of PCBs and possibly mercury too.
If you're trying to increase your intake of good healthy fats you can do so most cost effectively by using fish oil supplements. The best supplements are totally clean, can be taken daily and work out comparatively cheap on a cost per unit of fish oils basis compared to high Omega 3 foods.
So whilst there's no problem eating foods containing Omega 3 fatty acids, it's expensive. Use your money on good supplements and buy the non fortified foods and you're in front on how much good fats you're getting for the money.
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