Why Vegans Should Take DHA and EPA? | Dr. Fuhrman

[@Jeremy_936]

Joel Fuhrman is brilliant. He gets closest to the unbiased truth as anyone in the scientific community. He's also humble and quite funny when you hear his lectures. Great guy.

[@tonymaurice4157]

He speaks the truth. Big pharama doesn't want him to speak!

[@chloefig1833]

A Biblical diet is the best…I appreciate Dr. Fuhrman’s health information.

[@doherpa]

In saying “Biblical diet,” are you referring to the “Daniel diet”?

[@chloefig1833]

@@doherpa A Biblical Nutrition Diet excludes certain foods. Everything that we can & can’t eat is in the Bible. For example, NO TO: Pork, Blood sausage, shrimp, lobster, ect…

[@doherpa]

@@chloefig1833 oh, I see what you’re saying. I’m not saying that’s a bad approach, but calling that a “Biblical” diet isn’t entirely accurate. That way of eating was imposed by the Law of Moses prescribed to the Israelites during Old Testament times. We understand this as the old covenant. Once Jesus came, he made all those “unclean” foods clean. I’m not saying they’re the best foods for us humans to consume, but Jesus did call them clean.

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[@anonimogonzalezperez4951]

The difference in living years between a high animal diet population and a high carb minimal animal diet population, is about 15 years at least in average. Hences the "paradoxes" as kitavan compared to eskimos, in the keto and paleo comunity.

[@isabellezablocki7447]

Wow, I am glad I am limiting my consumption of oysters or clams to 2 or 3 times a year. For the rest, I am on a vegan diet with omega 3 supplement. My last test was at 7.59%. I know of the toxicity in fish. I think that fish eating was ok before the industrial revolution. But now, my motivation is ethic and environmental. We are inflicting so much pain on aquatic animals and the ocean with our fish eating habit.

[@cel4lyf]

Purslane is a wild plant thst has the highest omega 3. It grows wild in summer in a fertile lands. Most of my greens are wild foraged.

[@white-rabbit93]

Fishes and Olive oil are widely consumed in Sardinia. 103 year old Sardinian man had a surprising habit of eating Tuna flakes in brine everyday. The habit he inherited from his father who lived for 113 years as well.

[@plantbasedethos5726]

I'm vegan, but we have to be real and admit that most people eat a small amount of animal foods with good results. Can we get the same results with the proper supplements? Who know let's see how bryan johnson does in the long run!

[@white-rabbit93]

@@plantbasedethos5726 I agree you.

[@tanyita5846]

Olive oil in different counties than the US are frequently superior...

[@white-rabbit93]

@@tanyita5846 That's not true. Americans have the best quality olive oil imported from many different regions. I wonder why Americans are so reluctant to admit that they have the best choice of foods in their markets. Eat like Americans and talk like Somalians, so ungrateful citizens.

[@plantbasedethos5726]

@@tanyita5846 yeah it's true, I live in Spain in the mediterranian, Olive Oil is high quality but also expensive if you want something good organic etc

[@DLFfitness1]

Why not test and adjust accordingly?

[@Nina-hk7ub]

How do I test it? My own labs? Will a primary doctor order it??

[@docbegone1716]

I have been Whole Food Plant Based for six years and I feel great. My question is, if we are meant to be strictly whole food plant based eaters, how is it that we need to supplement omega-3 for optimal health - wouldn't our bodies have evolved to efficiently process the omega-3 we obtain from all the plants we eat if it's vital to our survival. Yes we can get high sources of Omega-3 from ocean sludge, but what about all the ancient plant eaters who never even had access to flax seeds, hemp seeds, walnuts, algae, etc. Seems to be some kind of disconnect. I eat a very small amount of flax seeds, and other omega-3 rich plant foods, but I'm not religious about it. I do it because I include it with all the other plant foods that I eat - I don't count Omega-3s. Do we really need "excess" Omega-3 - what ever that means...

[@bjarczyk]

Our ancestors didn’t live to 90-100 years old. The nutritarian diet aims to take us there in great health.

[@eulalia3446]

We aren't meant to be strictly plant based eaters. Humans produce digestive enzymes gelatinase and elastase which digest gelatin and animal skin. It's a big clue that your body is expecting you to eat some quantity of meat or fish.

[@KasKade7]

What about cod liver oil? Here it's promoted for Vit.D,A and E. But ofcourse there is also plenty of omega3 in there.

[@jeffreyjohnson7359]

Simon Hill is one of the best nutrition science sources, along with Peter Attia, Gil Carvalho, Thomas Dayspring, Nicola Guess, Kevin Hall, Andrew Huberman, Layne Norton, Ronda Patrick, Sigma Nutrition, Physionic, Brad Stanfield, Deirdre Tobias.

[@wellthi]

You don't seem to grasp the differences between all those peoples, they can't be all a good sources by saying the opposite of each other

[@jeffreyjohnson7359]

@@wellthi Sure they can, if they present the science accurately and fairly, don't try to fit it into a preconceived bias, and change their opinion when the evidence warrants it.

[@wellthi]

@@jeffreyjohnson7359 you should watch debunk about some of them

[@wellthi]

@@jeffreyjohnson7359 watch some debunk about them

[@doddsalfa]

Nope

[@plantbasedethos5726]

If that helps, I find microplankton is a great way to get omega 3 and many other nutrients. It's quite expensive for that matter but high quality! It's a whole food not a supplement.

[@lilydauber3147]

Understanding the importance of proper brain health, several health organizations provide recommendations for the daily omega-3 fatty acid consumption. Modern standards recommend adults to take at least 500mg of DHA and EPA per day, while children need to consume at least 150mg and up to 250mg per day.

[@BradStelmach]

The brand I have is Flora DHA 250 mg. Is DHA alone sufficient? No EPA?

[@holographicbreathing]

How do you get enough C15 Pentadecanoic Acid on a vegan diet? Do you need to supplement it?

[@flyshacker]

Is there any danger of overdosing with DHA/EPA? I take a plant-based supplement, plus I eat 2 tablespoons of ground flax seeds plus crushed walnuts every day with breakfast, plus I eat a handful of pumpkin seeds and other raw nuts (almonds, cashews). Is it possible I would get too much DHA/EPA? What does too much do to me?

[@jeffreyjohnson7359]

I've never heard anyone say that you can get too much omega 3 (within reason), except that it is calorie dense.

[@eulalia3446]

You are probably still getting too little EPA and DHA since the conversion from ALA in flax/nuts is very low in most people.

[@flyshacker]

@@eulalia3446 did you forget that I also take a liquid DHA/EPA supplement? .75 ml every day of pure Omega-3 oil from a plant-based source.

[@eulalia3446]

@@flyshacker Sorry, I misunderstood about your supplement. The answer to your question would depend on whether you are good at converting the ALA in your nuts and seeds into DHA and EPA. No way to know without doing a test or you could get a test of your Omega 3 status to see if it seems about right.

[@juno6]

I wonder if brain shrinkage in some vegans have more to do with the fact that most do a low fat diet in general.

[@lemondirector]

A study done by his foundation. So you have motivated research attached to a financial element. Doesn’t mean it’s wrong but keep it in mind its the same as if Hersheys sponsored a study about chocolate being good for you

[@catherinekasmer9905]

I disagree with you on this.

[@anonimogonzalezperez4951]

most of people, because ther are millions who do not eat fish or any source of o3, long or short chained, neither in a picture, should be epa and dha defficient and have much more problems. So the recomendation is for most of population, because even a large percentage of vegans make enough o3 (40% based on what furhman says here).

[@KJSvitko]

Go vegan for your health, whole food plant based. Go vegan for the animals. Go vegan for the planet. Go vegan and be healthier and happier. A lower risk of heart disease and cancer for you and a better planet for everyone, human and animals. Eating healthy is not a diet it is a healthy life style.

[@thalesnemo2841]

Delusional! Humans are essential carnivores with ZERO dietary requirements for any carbohydrates!

[@ZmogusJaponija]

Dr. Fuhrman is the rare example of not pushing multivitamins or supplements with 10000000% RDA of 30 different components in one tablet.

[@catherinekasmer9905]

That is an utter misstatement of the truth. He supplements a few select nutrients that are low in low doses. Please.

[@ZmogusJaponija]

@@catherinekasmer9905 appologies from my side, but this is exaclty what I meant :-( He is not promoting high doses of everything, but moderate low doses of B12, D, DHA and zinc.

[@Oogahboogah1497]

@@ZmogusJaponijano need to apologize for their lack of reading comprehension 😂 It’s a great point

[@jacquelinedella-santa2451]

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[@helena_roura]

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[@audither]

What numbers should I be looking to achieve? Results Compare result trends EPA+DPA+DHA View trends Normal value: >5.4 % by wt Value 5.6

[@brendawood6712]

Eat fish and salmon , and grass fed beef

[@doddsalfa]

Nope

[@blsenterprise1]

So this guy is admitting that the conversion of Ala to epa or dha is abmismal! Well I guess being vegan is probably not the best for your health. Duh!

[@user-ce9xe1qe8i]

Veganism helps protects you in other ways but this is one of the reasons why I'm a Pescetarian

[@jeffreyjohnson7359]

Vegans are motivated by morality. However, the overwhelming body of evidence shows that a vegan diet is one of the healthiest in terms of actual outcomes, along with vegetarian and pescatarian.

[@catherinekasmer9905]

Science shows that vegan whole plant food diet leads to much better health outcomes. Fish is dangerous for multiple reasons. Toxic metals, dangerous chemicals, high amounts of saturated fat, TMAO, …. Not to mention the negative impacts of over fishing and the experience of the fish who gets killed. The fish make DHA from eating algae. Just eat the algae and stop all the harm.

[@arambarsamian6312]

Look. If you care about ethics, you *can* eat an extremely healthy diet and thrive. If you don’t care about ethics, you’ll look for any little thing to justify your narrative, so you can say - I care about ethics as much as the next guy, but see, my hands are tied - I *have* to exploit animals to thrive. And here is Joel Fuhrman saying, no, you don’t have to exploit animals to thrive. You can take a tiny B12 tablet. You can take a DHA supplement - just in case you are one of those people who doesn’t convert ALA to EPA to DHA as efficiently as optimal. But you don’t hear that. You hear what you want to hear.

[@blsenterprise1]

@jeffreyjohnson7359 Funny how vegans only throw out morality when it comes to cuddly creatures like cows and sheep. They don't give a f#k about snakes, gophers or insects!

[@summa69]

Dr Fuhrman - what about those who can’t take dha/epa? I take flax seeds in my morning smoothie because i have bruising in legs and feet with supplements. Would love to know your thoughts.

[@tanyita5846]

I had the bruising eating Dr. Fuhrmans way. Turned out I needed iron. Check KZbin videos on low iron despite normal hemoglobin. Iron blood levels (Ferritin) need to be close to 100. ❤ my bruising vastly reduced, as did my anxiety. That surprised me. I still eat Nutritarian. Everyone is different as Dr. F points out in this video.