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Originally Posted by Revolution  As for omega 3's you don't need to eat contaminated fish. A good alternative is flaxseed oil. |
Flaxseed oil is not such a good alternative to fishoil because flaxseed oil contains ALA, a precursor to EPA and DHA. ALA needs to be converted into EPA and DHA by the body. In some people this conversionrate is as low as 1%.
Fishoil contains EPA and DHA directly, and is not contaminated like some fish can be.
Besides that Flaxseed oil has some controversy around it:
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