Re:The relationship between plant-based diet and risk of dig...
by FeistySkink on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @08:10AM
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I did read the fine print: they contain the same amount DHA and EPA as every other non-vegan omega 3s on the market, which is AFAIK the recommended amount. But let's suppose they didn't and I had to take 2 or 3, at 20 cents that would still match your 60 cent estimate and not be $4.80. Please share those recommended daily intakes that you base your numbers on.
Re:The relationship between plant-based diet and risk of dig...
by adrian_b on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @11:17AM
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The daily intake of DHA+EPA on which I based those numbers was between 1 g and 1.5 g.
However, you may be right, because I have checked the current prices for vegan omega-3 supplements and the prices have fallen more than 3 times since the Q1 of 2021, when I have last checked them. So the price here would be only around $1.50 now, instead of $4.80 in Q1 2021.
It is indeed possible that where you live they are as cheap as you say.
The first time when I have seen vegan omega 3 supplements, I have also been fooled into thinking that they are not much more expensive than fish oil, and I have bought some.
After reading the fine print, I have discovered that their content in essential fatty acids was significantly lower than that of products based on fish oil and also significantly lower than for an adequate daily intake.
This is a marketing trick to make their high price more palatable.
That is why in my previous post I have mentioned that the vegan supplements are 8 times more expensive per content of essential fatty acids, because their price per capsule is made to appear low.
The $4.80 per day is computed based on the recommended daily intakes for essential fatty acids, and not on the micro doses recommended by the manufacturers of omega-3 vegan supplements, in order to not scare their customers with the real high prices.