some fyi about dha

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Some of you may have some questions about DHA and whether a vegan diet supplies your body with enough of them. Let me break it down for you:
 
DHA is short for decosahexaenoic acid. It may be hard to pronounce but it's one of the most essential of the Omega-3 fatty acids that help fuel our brain and retinal function among other things. Bet you didn't know that your brain is made up of 60 percent fat. Well 25 of that fat is DHA. That's not the kind of fat you want to slim down on!

DHA can't be found in many foods and most people will tell you the easiest place to get it is by eating fish or fish oil. They'll also tell you that you can't find it in vegetarian diet. But how do you think all those fish get DHA in the first place? The answer is from algae. So our solution is to just skip over the middleman.
 
The good news for those of us who don't want to eat our fishy friends is that you can find DHA in flaxseed flaxseed oil canola oil walnuts soybeans and of course seaweed to name just a few other sources. Personally I eat plenty of walnuts and seaweed at least once a week since a lot of my favorite recipes contain one or both. So I'm pretty sure I get plenty of DHA. But any Kind Lifers who think they might not be getting enough can always explore taking supplements. The majority of Omega-3 supplements are made with fish oil but there are some that derive their DHA from algae. Just check the label to be sure.
 
So as always whenever someone tells you that a vegan diet lacks some important nutritional element all it takes is a little bit of looking deeper to learn that there are simple ways to deal with those concerns and be even healthier for it!