This Is Vegan Propaganda (& Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You)

by Ed Winters

However, it’s true that the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA that are also important for the body are virtually non-existent in plant foods. This is one reason why it’s believed that it’s necessary to eat fish or take supplements derived from fish. However, fish do not produce long-chain omega-3 fats themselves – the source of these fats in our diet is algae eaten by the fish. So this essentially means that we are filtering the nutrients through an animal unnecessarily when we could just consume it from the source instead by taking an algae oil supplement. Our bodies can convert ALA into both EPA and DHA, but the rates of conversion can vary, so an algae oil supplement is the best way of ensuring that you are consuming the recommended amount each day. By getting long-chain omega-3 fats from algae oil supplements we are avoiding the saturated fat that is found in fish, not to mention the toxins and pollutants that they often contain, including mercury and micro-plastics. Ironically, the fish-farming industries often give algae oil to the fish to boost their long-chain omega-3 fats,31 meaning we create the supplement and then give it to fish in aquatic factory farms that produce waste, pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and that also cause huge amounts of suffering and disease that we then have to treat with antibiotics. All so we can then kill them and claim fish is a good source of omega-3 fats. It’s cheaper, healthier, more sustainable, more ethical and red...