Omega 3 from food and not supplements

I don't believe that's true. I have 2 friends who hardly ever eat fish. Both had high triglyceride levels and started taking fish oil supplements. The levels went down considerably to a more acceptable level. One of them told his doctor he was taking fish oil supplements and his doctor said "Oh, you don't need that stuff. I have a prescription for you". And I believe that's the bottom line. Doctors don't profit from their patients taking vitamins and supplements. And farmed fish are fed a diet of sardines, grain meal, antibiotics, coloring dye and fish oil. This is what I've read in several sources. I've read opposing views, mostly from the fish farmers and government agencies. On the other hand the mercury content in wild caught fish is very controversial. I love seafood. I take fish oil supplements. You have to find a quality brand. I've read 3 reports on vitamin companies that were shocking. Some vitamins and supplements had much less to zero of what they were supposed to have. Unfortunately none of the reports gave the names of the companies. So if you take vitamins/supplements and you don't think they're helping you might want to change your brand. And I would much rather believe positive results & absolute proof that I see with my own eyes than believe a doctor who wants to give you a prescription for everything. Just my opinion.

I often hear Omega 3 from baby's milk powder. As to adults, I don't think we really need to obtain it from the pills. It is available in the food like salmon. I like to take the vitamin and minor elements from the natural food because it will not have the side effects.

You can still get the Omega 3 from the canned salmon and tuna. I like the salmon better than the other. I also love sardines and they are loaded with the Omegas. So I'll have a salmon meal once a week and I make a sandwich with the sardines another day. I drain them, add sliced onion and just a tad of garlic with mayo on bread. I may eat a couple of those a week. Occasionally I'll have a tuna salad sandwich but that's not more than once a month or so. I do still take the supplement which is one of the few supplements that I use.

Canned things have too much preservative to be that healthy . I think if you dont want supplement its better to eat the fresh fish . I think it always more healthy to get vitamins from food than supplement , I am not always eating healthy so I keep supplement around .

If you don't have time preparing foods that are made of fish, then you can try looking for fast food houses that serve dishes that contain fish. Here in our place, almost everyday, we eat fish, many kinds of fish, or should we say, a wide-variety of fishes. So, I think, we get plenty of Omega 3 here everyday.

Although it's better to have fresh fish than canned one, but maybe it's still better than not getting it at all. I agree that Omega 3 from supplements can't give you all the benefits by eating the wholesome foods. After all the wholesome foods that contain Omega 3 is far better than the supplements. Although I do suggest to eat the fresh whenever you can rather than canned, though the canned still have Omega 3 in them too, just canned version have much preservaties.