Dr. Bill Harris

It's complicated, yeah. I think there's metaphors, there's analogies for it. I think people have often used the fact that fish oil is an oil. Think about oil in your car. and having enough oil in the engine just to lubricate all the cylinders as they go up and down.

It's complicated, yeah. I think there's metaphors, there's analogies for it. I think people have often used the fact that fish oil is an oil. Think about oil in your car. and having enough oil in the engine just to lubricate all the cylinders as they go up and down.

If you're low on oil, you're gonna have a lot of friction and that's gonna create heat, that's gonna create, that's like inflammation. So I think that's one way of looking at it that if you're low on omega-3, you're essentially kind of low on oil and your cells are gonna, there's just gonna be friction, there's gonna be,

If you're low on oil, you're gonna have a lot of friction and that's gonna create heat, that's gonna create, that's like inflammation. So I think that's one way of looking at it that if you're low on omega-3, you're essentially kind of low on oil and your cells are gonna, there's just gonna be friction, there's gonna be,

If you're low on oil, you're gonna have a lot of friction and that's gonna create heat, that's gonna create, that's like inflammation. So I think that's one way of looking at it that if you're low on omega-3, you're essentially kind of low on oil and your cells are gonna, there's just gonna be friction, there's gonna be,

inability to respond, like every cell has to respond to the outside environment. And it's a very finely tuned, finely designed system. And if the cell membrane, which is really

inability to respond, like every cell has to respond to the outside environment. And it's a very finely tuned, finely designed system. And if the cell membrane, which is really

inability to respond, like every cell has to respond to the outside environment. And it's a very finely tuned, finely designed system. And if the cell membrane, which is really

the most, almost one of the most important parts of the cell, the membrane, which decides what goes in, what goes out, that is very much dependent upon the fluidity of that membrane's important and the flexibility of that membrane. And if you have too little omega-3, the membrane just doesn't operate well. And so you get garbled communication between the outside and the inside.

the most, almost one of the most important parts of the cell, the membrane, which decides what goes in, what goes out, that is very much dependent upon the fluidity of that membrane's important and the flexibility of that membrane. And if you have too little omega-3, the membrane just doesn't operate well. And so you get garbled communication between the outside and the inside.

the most, almost one of the most important parts of the cell, the membrane, which decides what goes in, what goes out, that is very much dependent upon the fluidity of that membrane's important and the flexibility of that membrane. And if you have too little omega-3, the membrane just doesn't operate well. And so you get garbled communication between the outside and the inside.

And so things just don't go well.

And so things just don't go well.

And so things just don't go well.

Yeah, and let me start with ALA, the plant omega-3, which you were very familiar with as a vegan, of course. That is a form of omega-3 fatty acids. It's kind of like a poor second cousin in a way. It is, strictly speaking, it has the right last name. Omega-3 is correct, but the first name is wrong. Alpha-linolenic, it's a precursor.

Yeah, and let me start with ALA, the plant omega-3, which you were very familiar with as a vegan, of course. That is a form of omega-3 fatty acids. It's kind of like a poor second cousin in a way. It is, strictly speaking, it has the right last name. Omega-3 is correct, but the first name is wrong. Alpha-linolenic, it's a precursor.

Yeah, and let me start with ALA, the plant omega-3, which you were very familiar with as a vegan, of course. That is a form of omega-3 fatty acids. It's kind of like a poor second cousin in a way. It is, strictly speaking, it has the right last name. Omega-3 is correct, but the first name is wrong. Alpha-linolenic, it's a precursor.

a poor precursor to EPA and DHA, which can be made from it, but not very well at all, and you get very low levels. So to get EPA and DHA, which are the two that are in fish oils or in marine animals, they actually start in the oceans where they're made. To get those two, you really have to eat them preformed, meaning in seafoods.

a poor precursor to EPA and DHA, which can be made from it, but not very well at all, and you get very low levels. So to get EPA and DHA, which are the two that are in fish oils or in marine animals, they actually start in the oceans where they're made. To get those two, you really have to eat them preformed, meaning in seafoods.

a poor precursor to EPA and DHA, which can be made from it, but not very well at all, and you get very low levels. So to get EPA and DHA, which are the two that are in fish oils or in marine animals, they actually start in the oceans where they're made. To get those two, you really have to eat them preformed, meaning in seafoods.