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Essential fatty acids?
Posted by:
jorgeben
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Date: October 28, 2007 05:45PM Are they really essential?
Can the body produce them in sufficient quantities on a vegan diet? What are your experiences? I'm curious. -thanks Re: Essential fatty acids?
Posted by:
Bryan
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Date: October 28, 2007 06:00PM Are you asking for support on this thread, or simply trying to start a vegan versus omni debate? I'm going to allow this thread for now, but it really doesn't feel like you are asking for support. The purpose of this forum is not to fulfill non-vegans curiosity about the raw vegan diet, but to help and support those who want to have a raw vegan diet.
If this thread starts turning into a debate, it will be either closed or deleted. Re: Essential fatty acids?
Posted by:
Bryan
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Date: October 28, 2007 06:03PM Essential fatty acids come from food. All whole ripe raw fresh fruits and vegetables have them. If you eat enough calories from these foods to meet your energy needs, you will meet your fatty acids (a fancy name for fat) needs. Re: Essential fatty acids?
Posted by:
Funky Rob
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Date: October 28, 2007 06:05PM The reason any nutrition gets "essential" added to it's name is because the human body can't produce them at all. So all your essential fatty acids must come from the food you eat.
Rob -- Rob Hull - Funky Raw My blog: [www.rawrob.com] Re: Essential fatty acids?
Posted by:
jorgeben
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Date: October 28, 2007 06:14PM I eat at least 4lbs/day of raw fruits and vegetables already, along with nuts, seeds and other things. I want to know how sufficient that is to maintain optimal health. Other than supplements, and small quantities of animal foods a few times a week, my diet is largely similar to what most people here eat.
Some science articles would be nice. Re: Essential fatty acids?
Posted by:
jorgeben
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Date: October 28, 2007 06:15PM I'm not interested in starting a debate, just to learn how a %100 vegan can get everything to live in optimal health. Re: Essential fatty acids?
Posted by:
jorgeben
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Date: October 28, 2007 11:45PM I did some research and found that, contrary to popular belief, DHA and EPA can both be found in algae.
Anyone know about plant sources for the other EFAs? Re: Essential fatty acids?
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: October 29, 2007 05:57PM Borage seeds, evening primerose oil, flaxseeds, hemp seeds, black currant oil, macadamia nuts and sea buckthorn berries(omega 7's), acai berries, noni fruits.
These food sources supply a mix of EPA, DHA, GLA, ALA essential fatty acids. Re: Essential fatty acids?
Posted by:
Lee_123
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Date: October 29, 2007 07:07PM Interesting:
[www.andrews.edu] [www.vegetarian-dha-epa.co.uk] Looks doable to me. I hope this helps. Lee Re: Essential fatty acids?
Posted by:
arugula
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Date: October 30, 2007 11:08PM Here's a paper. This was written before vegan preformed EPA was available.
[www.ajcn.org] I don't take preformed EPA or DHA. I haven't measured but I watch my omega6  mega3 ratio. It should be between 2:1 to 4:1 for best conversion to the long-chain omega3s.Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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