On Sunday, June 3, 2012 10:32:51 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Robert Miles" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Saturday, June 2, 2012 11:16:32 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
> >> "Robert Miles" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > Julie - I've found a few more sources of omega-3 for you to
> >> > consider (I've forgotten some of those we've already discussed).
> > [snip]
> >> >> http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Purslan.../dp/B0031UJBCY
> >>
> >> Okay but I'm not sure why this was addressed to me. I take plenty of
> >> Omega
> >> 3 and 6.
> >
> > I thought you wrote earlier that you were allergic to fish and therefore
> > couldn't use any of the major sources of omega-3.
>
> I am not allergic to fish. I am intolerant. But isn't flaxseed an Omega 3?
> I take that.

Flaxseed provides an omega-3, but the ALA variety, not the DHA and EPA varieties that the human body has more need for. The human body is very inefficient at converting ALA to DHA and EPA - under 1% gets converted.