Where do we get Essential Fatty Acids ?
This is what almost everyone knows as “ fish oil “ and can be bought at every pharmacy and grocery store. So this supplement that is supposed to be beneficial in heart disease must come from fish . WRONG No animal can make these essential fatty acids. Only plants can. So where do the fish get it ? From eating plants. Could we get it from there too. Sure. Broccoli for example is a good source.
Also we need very little. A patient unable to eat and fed 100% intravenously, only needs a little safflower oil rubbed on their arms to get enough.
2019 Study found the highest levels of essential fatty acids in Vegans. They had more than pescovegetarians ( so vegetarians that eat fish ), vegetarians and meat eaters.
Also a 2009 CMAJ article saw no clear benefit to eating fish to increase omega 3 fatty acids.