Pasture-Raised Red Meat Maintains Omega-3 DPA vs. Plant-Based Alternatives in 10-Week RCT

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A 10-week randomized intervention in 78 healthy adults compared a flexitarian diet including moderate pasture-raised red meat (~3.3 serves/week) against a vegetarian pattern using plant-based meat alternatives (PBMAs). The key finding: plasma docosapentaenoic acid (DPA), a long-chain omega-3, declin...

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LOL. More meat-industry BS studies. Vegans usually have super high DPA compared to omnivores, even if teir DPA and EPA blood lever don't push the mostly BS "Omega-3 Index" tests the industry sells, wich doesn't even include DPA since it's hard to commercialize it as they have done wit EPA and DPA..

Yeah, the original Okinawan almost vegan diet was way low on the Omega-3 index, but were both the poorest and the longest-living Japanese. These days, thanks to plentiful fis and meat, tey are among the shortest-living in Japan. Go figure...

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