BIO 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Tunxis Community College, Rainbow Trout, Peanut Butter
6 Jan 2021
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(ala) alpha linolenic acid first db on c 3. Flax seeds, walnuts, chia seeds (from vegetable oils and nut oils) Flax seeds, walnuts, chia seeds in veggies too kale, spinach. Can supplement to get more n-3 by vegetarian sources. Atlantic farm salmon - 1. 8 g per serving. Atlantic fresh salmon (pacific salmon about of atlantic) - 1. 5 g per serving. Oysters pacific (eastern slightly less) - 1. 2 g per serving. Rainbow trout - . 75 g / serving. Swordfish, tilefish and shark are high too (about . 75 to 1 g/serving but are also pretty high in mercury) Ala is converted in body elongated and desaturated to dha and epa. Inefficient, so direct marine or algae or supplement from these courses is best source. 2000 kcals = less than 200 kcals / 9 = 22 grams. Look at label to left 20 grams x 15% (dv) = 3 grams. Aha less than 1% of kcals.
