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While your body can manufacture DHA and EPA from alphalinolenic acid — found in flax and certain vegetable oils — researchers haven’t determined whether getting omega-3s from those vegetarian sources is adequate to reduce risk.
Q&A: Vegan omega-3s? 2009
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While your body can manufacture DHA and EPA from alphalinolenic acid—found in flax and certain vegetable oils—researchers haven’t determined whether getting omega-3s from those vegetarian sources is adequate to reduce risk.
Q&A: Vegan omega-3s? 2009
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