| The best foods with DHA are fatty fish like mackerel, | | | | fresh fish, then highly purified and concentrated to |
| anchovies, salmon and tuna. They contain far more | | | | eliminate the toxins and give you plenty of DHA for |
| DHA than any vegetable or meat source. | | | | you money. |
| Unfortunately, many of these fish have been | | | | Besides the concerns already mentioned, very few |
| contaminated by man-made pollutants including | | | | fish oil producers keep careful track of handling of the |
| mercury and other heavy metals and the toxic | | | | fish catch. When fish are not refrigerated immediately |
| chemical PCB. Many parents have been limiting the | | | | after being caught, or are kept aboard a fishing boat |
| amount of tuna their kids can eat, because children are | | | | for too long before being brought to the processing |
| especially susceptible to these poisons. Pregnant | | | | plant, significant spoilage takes place. |
| women are urged to take the same precaution. | | | | The best way to deal with all these concerns is to |
| DHA has been shown in thousands of studies to be | | | | catch fish from the purest parts of the world's oceans, |
| valuable for heart and brain health -- both the | | | | then refrigerate immediately and bring to port within a |
| rapidly-developing brains of babies and for helping to | | | | day or two. After that, the processing plan should treat |
| prevent Alzheimer's in the elderly -- as well as | | | | the oil with the most modern purifying methods. |
| inflammatory diseases like arthritis, Crohn's disease and | | | | All fish oil should be molecularly distilled. |
| other inflammatory bowel diseases. | | | | This is today's standard method to achieve high |
| Here is how to find the best source of DHA without | | | | purification of fish oil -- but many oils you find on the |
| the toxic chemicals. | | | | shelf at stores are not molecularly distilled. (If they are, |
| For those of us who like these fish, they are still good | | | | they'll brag about it on the label.) |
| foods, eaten in moderation. Fish caught in the wild, | | | | A final, very important question: How much DHA are |
| especially salmon, are usually less contaminated than | | | | you getting for your money? |
| farmed fish. Of course, many people don't like fish, | | | | Just as a great many oils don't use molecular distillation, |
| especially fatty fish (they often object to a "fishy" | | | | most are not concentrated enough to give you a |
| taste). | | | | generous amount of DHA. |
| To solve all these problems, the best food with DHA is | | | | See my website for more on why quality fish oil is the |
| fish oil. | | | | best of the foods with DHA. |
| It's a great natural food when extracted from clean, | | | | |