Posted by LOOPS on March 19, 2007, at 8:02:43
In reply to Re: Evidence Omega-3 » LOOPS, posted by jed on March 18, 2007, at 14:48:50
Yes that's what I thought but actually you'd be amazed at how much n-3 is in, say, salted mackerel for instance. Per 100g there is over 5g - yes, that's 5 GRAMS of omega-3 - for only a single serving, and you get all the different types of n-3 that seem to be missing from the capsules -
http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c220q.html
Salmon has around 2.5g of n-3 per 100g. 100g isn't a lot of fish. That's 8 of 300mg fish oil capsules to equal, and you don't get the Mg or the taurine (around 100mg Mg per 100g - not bad). Unfortunately I don't know how much taurine is in 100g of salmon - can't seem to find data on this anywhere.
On a side note, did you know that lard has a huge amount of vitamin D in it? If I remember correctly nearly 3000IU per 100g. Yeah not many people are going to eat 100g of lard (apart from me and those rendered crispies) but it makes me think how people used to cook in lard and now cook with vegetable oil and miss out on the extra D.
Loops
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