Why arent people getting essential fatty acids in their food?
Most of us just don’t eat as healthy as we are told we should, or as well as we think we do. Most people are too busy to plan their meals and will with little hesitation include fat free, fast food and processed foods in their daily diet. Take for example, health organisation guidelines commonly advise people to take at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily and according to a survey done in the USA most people are just not doing that. We believe this situation is universal and not only confined to USA. If we eat healthily to provide the body with the nutrients required to perform optimally, then we would most likely not need to supplement (assuming that the soil is not deficient of nutrients and the fruits are not picked green). So although essential fatty acid can be obtained from many food sources like avocados, ground flax seeds, raw nuts and seeds, dark green vegetables like kale and broccoli, deep water fish, extra virgin olive oil, flax seed oil, and other pure properly
