Fatty fish like salmon or mackerel are a reliable way to get essential omega-3s without worrying about ratios.
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Voices including a nutritional sciences PhD, a licensed acupuncturist and clinician-educator and a licensed practitioner.
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Mostly expert experience so far, with published research still catching up.
In their words
“do you eat fatty fish, pasture-raised egg yolks, or take cod liver oil? If you don't, you're not getting significant food sources of vitamin D”
a nutritional sciences PhD
Diminishing returns in benefits likely occur after one or two servings of fatty fish per week.
Adequate omega-3 intake, particularly EPA and DHA, is crucial to balance omega-6 intake and resolve inflammation.
Farmed salmon is fed a pellet diet higher in inflammatory omega-6 and dyed pink, differing from wild salmon.
These fish and fish eggs are recommended as top foods for skin health.
These foods repeatedly come up as beneficial for skin, immunity, sleep, hormones, energy, and metabolism.
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