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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 07:43 AM
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4. Varies greatly; I listed some good sources of omega-3 ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-3_fatty_acid#Botanic...

has more, including Kiwi fruit, lingonberries and black raspberries -- all news to me. Most of the omega-3 in fish oil are obtained from algae and plankton; apparently fish do not synthesize them themselves. Both fish and krill may be contaminated with heavy metal pollutants, so it might be safer to keep those out of the food chain:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-3_fatty_acid#Fish

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  -Fish Oils Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Flatulent Cows JohnWxy  Aug-07-10 03:12 PM   #0 
  - Either in the cows' stomachs or on the ground in the pie, them  HysteryDiagnosis   Aug-07-10 03:29 PM   #1 
  - Um, those oils are found in many plant crops ...  eppur_se_muova   Aug-07-10 04:28 PM   #2 
  - I thought plants were the Omega 6 kind?  GreenPartyVoter   Aug-07-10 09:43 PM   #3 
     - Varies greatly; I listed some good sources of omega-3 ...  eppur_se_muova   Aug-08-10 07:43 AM   #4 
        - I definitely need more Omega 3s. Thanks for the great list!  GreenPartyVoter   Aug-08-10 11:18 AM   #5 
  - So we're going to kill more fish so we can eat more beef?  tinrobot   Aug-08-10 03:11 PM   #6 
     - actually grass, which cows evolved to eat, contains Omega-3 fatty acids.  JohnWxy   Aug-09-10 04:00 PM   #7 
 

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