Best quality and cheapest vegetarian fish oils

Lugh_Chronain

littlejaffa wrote: »

You might want to consider algae Oil which is better but even that has very little EPA.

littlejaffa wrote: »

There is not a direct fish oil substitute

moggymutt wrote: »

http://www.opti3omega.com/shop/offers/opti3vitashine_uk.html
is what I use, its made from the algae that the fish eat to make them full of Omega 3. I also take the vit D advertised on the same page to help my calcium absorption.

All vegan, so definitely no gelatine!

I'm normally a bit sceptical on these subjects, so thought I'd look this up.

Microalgae oil is the vegetarian alternative to fish oil. Supplements produced from microalgae oil appear to provide a balance of omega-3 fatty acids similar to fish oil.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18220672

While fish oil has become famous for its omega-3 fatty acid content, fish don't actually produce omega-3s, instead accumulating their omega-3 reserves by consuming microalgae. These omega-3 fatty acids can be obtained in the human diet directly from the microalgae that produce them.

Although fish is a dietary source of omega-3, fish do not synthesise them; they obtain them from the algae (microalgae in particular) or plankton in their diets.

Certain microalgae produce high levels of EPA or DHA.

Does this appear ambiguous? Interesting all the same.

littlejaffa

Lugh_Chronain wrote: »

I'm normally a bit sceptical on these subjects, so thought I'd look this up.

Microalgae oil is the vegetarian alternative to fish oil.

As i said previously algae Oil has very little EPA. It is not the same as fish oil - Fish oil is a 'blend' of nutrients and nothing but fish oil supplies that exact same blend. There is not a direct fish oil substitute.

If the point is to keep warm (healthy fats help regulate the body temperature). Nuts & seeds is the way - walnuts (or walnut oil) is a great start as are pistachios and almonds.
Flax seeds and pumpkin seeds can be mixed in yoghurt or used as topping on salads. Peanut butter is another good option for variety.

Lugh_Chronain

At present it sound like people are wasting their money purchasing vegetarian omega-3 as it has very little EPA as you say.

V-Pure was the first ever algae supplement with EPA. What if the development of extracting EPA were to be stepped up?

Nutraingredients.com has reported that Water 4 Investment has teamed up with a technology partner to develop a process to extract DHA and EPA from microalgae.

At present, V-Pure oil contains only 23% EPA/DHA combined, though a 35% version is in the pipeline and development studies are ongoing for a 70% version for pharmaceutical application.

Would this make any difference do you think?

http://www.nutraingredients.com/Industry/Water-4-to-introduce-algae-DHA-EPA-as-food-ingredient