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General Discussion / Re: Should one supplement with cod oil?
« on: September 13, 2010, 04:58:43 pm »
kurite:
That is true, I forgot to account for omega-6 in the oil...but that seems pretty negligible :
1 teaspoon has about 40-50 mg, a small fraction of the ratio...
And with the grain-fed beef I guess it depends where you get it from, some may have more omega-6 some less.
But even if it has twice the amount that nutritiondata states like you say, and plus the tiny amount in the oil,
then I can just take 2 tablespoons (cod liver oil) on a day eating grain fed meat and the ratio would still be ok.
goodsamaritan:
I often gorge on salmon, red tuna, trout and marlin (not sure which kind but the meat looks light red), sometimes I eat the farmed one if they don't have wild, yes it's more "polluted" but its still pretty good for you and I never felt sick from eating farmed raw fish (maybe some farms are better then others), quite the opposite actually, fish makes up for 30% to 50% of my meat meals...If I lived in the right place I'd make it more like 80-90%
That's why I think it makes sense to drink fish oil if you eat a lot of meat other than fish or no fish, because even grass-fed meats and game meats can have a much higher omega-6 then omega-3.
That is true, I forgot to account for omega-6 in the oil...but that seems pretty negligible :
1 teaspoon has about 40-50 mg, a small fraction of the ratio...
And with the grain-fed beef I guess it depends where you get it from, some may have more omega-6 some less.
But even if it has twice the amount that nutritiondata states like you say, and plus the tiny amount in the oil,
then I can just take 2 tablespoons (cod liver oil) on a day eating grain fed meat and the ratio would still be ok.
goodsamaritan:
I often gorge on salmon, red tuna, trout and marlin (not sure which kind but the meat looks light red), sometimes I eat the farmed one if they don't have wild, yes it's more "polluted" but its still pretty good for you and I never felt sick from eating farmed raw fish (maybe some farms are better then others), quite the opposite actually, fish makes up for 30% to 50% of my meat meals...If I lived in the right place I'd make it more like 80-90%
That's why I think it makes sense to drink fish oil if you eat a lot of meat other than fish or no fish, because even grass-fed meats and game meats can have a much higher omega-6 then omega-3. 
