One point I make to a lot of people is that there is a balance that needs to be maintained, and so if you go on a vegan diet, you may be low in tryptophan, whereas most people in nations like the USA are probably eating more than they need.
I've debated people on the DHA in the brain claim. The claim is that there is "rapid" DHA turnover in the brain, but this does not explain how my great grandparents could have lived so long, with no apparent loss of cognitive function, and yet had no source of omega 3s beyond the tiniest of trace amounts. My guess is that they had Mead acid in their brains. DHA is too dangerous, especially for the eyes and brain, for them to have lived so long and well, though as I said, since they had no source of omega |
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