Here's Something for you RB
I was at a corporate seminar this week with 30 colleagues I really never knew before. BASF has a human and animal nutrition division. I met a guy who is a sales manager for animal nutrition. They primarily sell vitamins but they also sell enzymes and other nutrition products.
We were shooting the breeze and the Omega 3/6 balance came up. Apparently in chickens and pigs, you need to supplement omega 3 to balance with the 6s (1:4 ratio). They do this with manipulating algae to produce EPA. Apparently this is needed for the brain and eye development in young animals. He said that this is an efficient source of EPA and that there is evidence that DHA may not be good for you and only EPA is good for you. He did not know where he heard this and he said he would get back to me on this (if he doesn't, this is a 3 part course and I will see him May 23-25 and again in August). He said that the algae source of Omega 3 is clean and has less environmental concerns (over fishing) and does not go rancid as fish oil can (as well as the n3 source being only EPA).
RB - have you heard or read that EPA is the only beneficial n3. This guy did say that the short chain n3s are good but not every animal is efficient to convert them to the long chain molecules (as has been stated in the literature and on this site), therefore, they should be consumed.
Just a brief on a conversation I had last night and nothing concrete.
Best regards
Becky
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