Is it okay to take Vegepa/ OmegaForce with linseed oil, which is also an omega-3 oil?
Linseed oil only offers fatty acids at the essential fatty acid (EFA) level – i.e. short-chain fatty acids (LA and ALA). There is no real advantage in taking linseed oil at the same time as EPA and EPO. If there is a block at the delta-6 desaturase level, then it is exceedingly difficult for the body to produce EPA from ALA or to produce DGLA and AA from LA. Even if there is no block at this enzyme level, there is only a small trickle of ALA that ends up being converted into EPA (and thence DHA, if needed).
