{"id":6291,"date":"2022-07-25T02:52:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T02:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyhealthybox.com\/2022\/07\/25\/algal-forms-of-dha-may-improve-omega-3-indices-in-vegetarians-and-vegans\/"},"modified":"2022-07-25T02:52:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T02:52:26","slug":"algal-forms-of-dha-may-improve-omega-3-indices-in-vegetarians-and-vegans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/?p=6291","title":{"rendered":"Algal forms of DHA may improve omega-3 indices in vegetarians and vegans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- - --><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width:1000px;width:100%\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/demo2.tadke.com\/health-news-s\/uploads\/health-news-s0423\/Spirulina-Powder-Algae-Alternative-Antioxidant-Background-Bowl1859.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><!-- - --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"Marker\" id=\"Marker2\">\n<p>Algal supplementation has been shown to significantly raise the levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA),\u00a0according to a systematic review of literature\u00a0published in the <em>Journal of Nutrition &amp; Intermediary Metabolism<\/em>. In the study, author J.C. Craddock of the\u00a0<em>University of\u00a0Wollongong<\/em>\u00a0in Australia looked at the relationship between supplementation with algal forms of DHA and its effects on vegetarians and vegans.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Compared to other omnivorous populations, vegetarians and vegans have a lower DHA intake \u2013 and adverse effect from limited intake of fish and animal products.<\/li>\n<li>The objective of the research was to determine how supplements with algal DHA can increase phospholipid concentrations in vegans and vegetarians.<\/li>\n<li>The review utilized data from SCOPUS and\u00a0<em>Web of Science<\/em>. To be included in the review, the study must have explored the effects of non-animal DHA sources on vegetarians and vegans, in particular, on plasma and serum DHA or omega-3 indices. The author also applied NHMRC levels of evidence in the studies.<\/li>\n<li>The search yielded three randomized trials and two\u00a0prospective cohort studies, which all indicated that non-animal DHA forms increased DHA levels in vegetarians and vegans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Based on the results, supplementing with algal DHA improves DHA levels in vegan and vegetarian populations.<\/p>\n<p>Journal Reference:<\/p>\n<p>Craddock J. DOES SUPPLEMENTATION WITH NON-ANIMAL FORMS OF DHA IMPROVE DHA OMEGA-3 INDICES IN VEGETARIANS AND VEGANS? Journal of Nutrition &amp; Intermediary Metabolism. June 2016;4:33\u201334. DOI:\u00a0doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jnim.2015.12.275<\/p>\n<p><!-- - --><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algal supplementation has been shown to significantly raise the levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA),\u00a0according to a systematic review of literature\u00a0published in the Journal of Nutrition &amp; Intermediary Metabolism. In the study, author J.C. Craddock of the\u00a0University of\u00a0Wollongong\u00a0in Australia looked at the relationship between supplementation with algal forms of DHA and its effects on vegetarians and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[987],"tags":[994,993,995,327],"class_list":{"0":"post-6291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthy-living","8":"tag-algal","9":"tag-dha","10":"tag-forms","11":"tag-improve"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}