Patrick: Body Converts Plant ALA to EPA and DHA at Only ~5% Efficiency
Dr. Rhonda Patrick · Dr. Rhonda Patrick: Diet Essentials For Healthy Living · Apr 2, 2024 · at 44:12
Biomedical scientist Dr. Rhonda Patrick discusses omega-3 fatty acids and why plant sources like walnuts and chia seeds cannot easily replace marine omega-3s.
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“Your body does convert ALA from plant sources of omega-three into EPA and DHA, which is essentially what your, the final products that you need are, but everybody does it differently, and the conversion efficiency is about five percent.”
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