13-02-2016, 07:47 PM
Using the equations in this paper, with updated constants from this website I calculate that 500 mg EPA/DHA + 2 g flax oil brings me to 59.51% n6, 16.89% EPA/DPA, and 23.6% DHA.
Unfortunately, they assume the EPA/DHA in the diet is in the same ratio as in food, so I can't get an exact prediction of what would happen with flax plus just DHA. So I ran the numbers for just flax oil and found that 6 g would bring me to 68.06% n6, 17.82% EPA/DPA, and 14.12% DHA. So 6 g flax oil is enough for EPA/DPA and I'll just need to find a 300 mg DHA supplement to replace the 270 mg I currently get from Ovega-3.
Cows make phytanic acid from chlorophyll, so you'd have to go grass-free to eliminate it. Yogurt is associated with increased risk of prostate cancer (ref1 ref2) so with a family history of it I'm not touching it.
Unfortunately, they assume the EPA/DHA in the diet is in the same ratio as in food, so I can't get an exact prediction of what would happen with flax plus just DHA. So I ran the numbers for just flax oil and found that 6 g would bring me to 68.06% n6, 17.82% EPA/DPA, and 14.12% DHA. So 6 g flax oil is enough for EPA/DPA and I'll just need to find a 300 mg DHA supplement to replace the 270 mg I currently get from Ovega-3.
Cows make phytanic acid from chlorophyll, so you'd have to go grass-free to eliminate it. Yogurt is associated with increased risk of prostate cancer (ref1 ref2) so with a family history of it I'm not touching it.