Comments on: CSIRO Produces DHA

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:25:47 +0000

Oh my gosh Joanne, that’s ingenious!

Then we really can “drink to good health” (I couldn’t resist).

By: Joanne Bush

Joanne Bush — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:55:26 +0000

Now if we could just get Omega-3 acids into beer, things would really start moving!

By: Rosie

Rosie — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:22:04 +0000

Over in the UK a lot of research is being done into producing omega-3 and -6 fatty acids like these in plants. It’s successfully been done in the model plant Arabidopsis over in Bristol, and I spent my summer vacation working on research to produce them in transgenic leafy vegetables.

By: Adam Clare

Adam Clare — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:43:58 +0000

Thanks for making sense of all that Omega 3 stuff Joanne!

By: Joanne Bush

Joanne Bush — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 04:57:34 +0000

>> “I had no idea what DHA is”

Aw c’mon, I’m not that much of a nutrition geek, am I?

If you’re overwhlemed by all that science-type jargon on the linked wiki page (like me!), basically the importance of this development is that almost all of the messages seen in the media imply that eating fish or taking fish oil capsules is the only way to get your omega-3. This was never true, as omega-3 acids are also found in many nuts & seeds, especially flax (linseed) and chia (that’s right, like the chia pet!). And now here’s another source.

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CSIRO Produces DHA + Vegan and Vegetarian Blog Aggregator — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 04:14:18 +0000

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