ALA (fatty beef) or DHA/EPA (salmon)

[LePatron7]

Hi everyone. I know itt's been touted were mainly DHA and EPA in oour brains and eyes.

How true can the be considering were land animals?

I think we need more ALA, less salmon.

What are your oppinions?

[van]

how come?

[LePatron7]

I feel us (humans) being land animals, are supposed to eat much more ALA then EPA/DHA.

We convert ALA into DHA and EPA.

Eating large amounts of DHA/EPA I think

A) doesn't get used
B) gets burned
Or C) messes up our natural process of converrting ALA into EPA and DHA

I love eating massive amounts of fatty cuts of beef.

Regullar salmon has a mercury smell, from industrial pollution.

Besides, many nations already have raw meat dishes, like steak tar tar. Etc.

[Haai]

I think that humans would have taken advantage of the seasonal salmon runs at which time they would probably gorge themselves on salmon, similar to what brown bears do today. In the past I imagine that almost every river would have been full of salmon during the salmon runs. Salmon also contains a very powerful anti-oxidant called astaxanthin, which also crosses the blood-brain barrier.

[LePatron7]

I think I'll continue eating salmon, I'm moderation however.

I forgot about that antioxidant.

[sabertooth]

Early humans would eat the eyes, brains, and other fatty soft tissues of land animals, as well as collect mollusk and other shell fish from the shore lines, rivers and streams.

Grass fed land animals have a fat profile that contains both ALA and DHA in sufficient amounts, so that as long as enough animal flesh, and organs are eaten then there should be no need for other sources.

It is believed by some people, that there were groups of early humans that lived along the coast lines who had access to large amounts of DHA rich foods, that allowed for the evolution of larger brains. These coastal shellfish eaters are very likely our direct descendants.

I eat very little sea food, occasionally I will buy some fish or oysters, but as far as I can tell I get all the fatty acids my body needs from land animals.