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Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids - Dietary Sources

Food sources of the two main dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids (linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid) are listed below.
Linoleic Acid (Omega 6 family)

* Vegetables
* Fruits
* Nuts
* Grains
* Seeds

Good sources:

Oils made from:

* Safflower
* Sunflower
* Corn
* Soya
* Evening primrose
* Pumpkin
* Wheatgerm.

Alpha-Linolenic Acid (Omega 3 family)
(Please note - fish is not the only source of omega 3 acids. Flaxseed oil contains twice as much as is found in fish oil!).

* Flaxseeds (linseeds)
* Mustard seeds
* Pumpkin seeds
* Soya bean
* Walnut oil
* Green leafy vegetables
* Grains
* Spirulina

Good sources

Oils made from:

* Linseed (flaxseeds)
* Rapeseed (canola)
* Soya beans

2007-03-13 20:18:18 · answer #1 · answered by moon c 2 · 1 0

Hi Mahru,


Good sources for Linoleic Acid are oils made from Safflower, Sunflower, Corn, Soya, Pumpkin

Good sources for AlphaLinoleic Acid are oils made from Linseed (flaxseeds), Rapeseed (canola), Soya Beans.

Here's a great article that gives you all the information you need about how to get essential fatty acids in a vegan diet:

http://www.vegansociety.com/html/food/nutrition/e_fatty_acids.php

Hope it helps!

2007-03-13 20:21:21 · answer #2 · answered by BlessedSoul 2 · 0 0

From: Viswanath
Question: What is the best source for Vegetarians for Essential Fatty Acids

Ans: The essential fatty acids are linoleic, linolenic and arachidonic. They are present mainly in vegetable oils like sunflower, soyabean, corn, cottonseed, groundnut and linseed oils.

http://www.bawarchi.com/health/queries26.html#5

2007-03-14 20:46:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

If you are a vegetarian that eats eggs then you can get those fatty acids from the egg yolks. If not you need to eat more nuts, seeds, beans etc for those essential fatty acids.

2007-03-13 20:10:44 · answer #4 · answered by c-rad 2 · 0 0

There are few places to locate Omega-3. Fish and krill oils or flaxseed. besides the actuality that, initially theory to originate in particular in nuts,seeds, and soy; Omega-6 comes i numerous issues these days. quite processed meals. Corn and soy production are backed right here interior the U.S. so the mega-companies positioned it in incredibly much each thing synthetic. think of your one hundred% wheat bread would not have corn or soy, in all probability has the two. regrettably, contemporary study are showing that the imbalance of Omega3's to Omega-6's is turning out to be a real well being subject, even gaining credit for the countless weight problems generic interior the Western Society. extreme concentrations of Omega-6 lipids are even contemporary in our beef, when you consider that they are grain fed instead of grass fed. So, do no longer hassle approximately O-6, subject your self in particular with the O-3's. Krill is optimal yet extreme priced, Fish oil makes you burp fish all day, and then there is flax-seed. obtainable at any entire meals or foodstuff save.

2016-10-02 02:22:34 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

The essential fatty acids are linoleic, linolenic and arachidonic. They are present mainly in vegetable oils like sunflower, soyabean, corn, cottonseed, groundnut and linseed oils.

2007-03-13 20:15:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Ghee

2007-03-13 20:15:08 · answer #7 · answered by ssmindia 6 · 0 0

salmon

2007-03-13 20:10:39 · answer #8 · answered by crengle60 5 · 0 0

ghee
nuts
dry fruits
and all dat wat others have suggested
bye

2007-03-15 03:09:12 · answer #9 · answered by nims 1 · 0 0

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