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Originally Posted by Joeschmoe  But lets say you ate 1800kCal of mango and 200kCal of Kale. |
1800 Kcal Mango would be over 13000 mango's
I assume you mean 1800 calories which would be 13 mangos.
Nutrition Facts and Information for Mangos, raw
13 mangos will deliver 1 gram of ALA.
The recommended adequate intake of ALA in the diet is 2,200 mg/day. If you want to get that from mango's you'll need to eat 29 mangos daily.
At an average conversionrate of 10% for men, 29 mangos would deliver 220mg of EPA/DHA. The recommended daily intake for EPA + DHA is approximately 500 mg.
interesting info maybe for the topicstarter:
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Clinically recognizable ALA deficiency symptoms usually take the form of "scaly skin (much like dandruff) together with skin atrophy" (very thin skin). Other symptoms can be scaly dermatitis and/or small rips or abrasions (excoriations) in the skin. In one case, a "thickened, crusty, and scaly skin" was reported.
These symptoms can probably occur anywhere on the body, but have been reported particularly on hands, forearms, shoulders, and face. (In my own case, the skin on the backs of my hands becomes dry and rough. This clears up in less than two days when I take the recommended amounts of the EFAs.)
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EFA Deficiency