aberfoyle7382
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fish oil, flax seed oil primrose oil?
Which is best?
Which is best?
which oil???
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StoneColdNTO
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Fish Oil for sure and maybe a bit of Flax as well.
aberfoyle7382
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Thanks! I'll sprindle some flax on my granola 
TwinTowers
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Flax seed oil is one of the richest sources of Omega-3 EFA’s. It has 57% more Omega-3 fatty acids than fish oils.)
here is the link
http://www.theministryoffitness.com/mof/library/faq/faq4.htm
here is the link
http://www.theministryoffitness.com/mof/library/faq/faq4.htm
Behemoth
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Maxgain said:
Fish oil has no essential fatty acids in it. All it contains is EPA and DHA. Yeah, you need those still, but they aren't essential... meaning that your body can make them on it's own if it has to. The fats in flax oil ARE essential fatty acids and your body canNOT make them, so you must get them from your diet.
The moral of the story is - for best results you should really get both flax and fish oil. Flax for your essential fatty acids and fish oil because though your body can make DHA and EPA, the process is horribly inefficient.
Behemoth said:
Sorry you are wrong.
1) EPA and DHA are essential they are EFAs. These are what the body needs you do not produce them.
2) Flaxseed is a poor source of EFAs. It provides ALA -alpha linolenic acid- which the body must then convert to the useful ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS EPA and DHA but this is very inefficient.
On its own the body will not produce EPA or DHA without dietay input. With flax the required EPA and DHA can be produced at a max of 50% efficiency though a poor EPA : DHA ratio. This also requires zinc b vitamins and and is hindered by the presence of saturated facts.
TwinTowers
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Can we get somebody to clear this up for us? Flax or fish oil ?
Behemoth
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Maxgain said:
Thanks for proving me right. Let's get this straight - if the body can produce it, then it is not an essential fat. Like I said, the process is inefficient - look at my previous post if you don't remember me saying this - which is why I recommend taking BOTH flax AND fish oil.
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getfitdoc
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0nyx said:
ya, where is yellowjacket at??? have not seen him for a while.
Behemoth said:
Sorry you seem to be getting confused easily ill go simpler.
It is an essential FA the body cannot produce it without dietary input due to lacking a specific enzyme.
Now flaxseed provides an omega 3 precursor alpha linolenica acid which has already undergone this step by the plants in the pathway so production of The EFA can occur The body on its own cannot produce it from normal energy stores so it is essential. Now this ala will be converted by the body in a very inefficient process to the benificial EPA and DHA essential fatty acids.
But you can skip these necessary steps to make it usable by taking fishoil which is a direct source of EPA/DHA.
If EPA/DHa were not essential then ala would not be either as it is just a precursor for them.
To put it in another light which is better to take a prohormone let the body convert it in a poor process to testosterone to take the testosterone directly.
The oil of Flax should only be considered over Fish if looking for omega 6s but in todays diet who does not get too much of these already.
