Vegan omega-3 supplements in USA
We live in USA. We are on a vegan diet. Please suggest a good vegan omega 3 supplements available in US.
The best source of Omega-3 fatty acids are FISH. For VEGANS: an alternative may be algal sources (derived from Algae) which will get you the two useful ingredients (DHA and EPA)…..Other natural sources may NOT contain enough of these 2 ingredients but may have ALA-a precursor to these two that gets inefficiently converted to DHA and EPA. so you want to look for a supplement that has DHA and EPA. Studies showing cardiac benefit have used quite varied doses but a combined minimum dose of these two seems to be around 500 mg daily. Carefully look for two things: 1) algae source 2) Amount of DHA and EPA See screen shot below Referencing the study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings) that I summarized above for your benefit Effect of Omega-3 Dosage on Cardiovascular Outcomes An Updated Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of Interventional Trials