Hi G2HM
I’ve been meaning to pop in here for ages, just made it!
Curious you post that about fish oil right when I arrive here, as I’ve needed to find out about Essential Fatty Acids (the ‘omegas’ among others) lately and just have to throw in my 2cents here. There are cognitive issues involved in the condition I manage too. Different to what you experience, but often times treatments are similar.
Hemp seed oil is considered by many (me included now) to be a far superior source of all the things you talk about. Hemp seed oil actually contains the exact ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 that we humans require (about 4:1).
No surprise really to discover another way that a Cannabis product is a perfect fit for the human body ..
As I understand it DHA is a product of what the body does with omega 3 and balance is most important. There is also research to show that much fish oil people buy is toxin contaminated by all the pollutants in the ocean moving up the food chain. Because fish oil is largely taken from higher predators, there is a high accumulation of toxins (from all the other fish they have eaten!). So no wonder you don’t like taking it! Some of these toxins can include mercury and arsenic, plus pesticide byproducts, all of which can actually impair neurological development.
You might look into the benefits of hemp seed oil for the effects you’re after. I usually put a dessert spoon of it in my juice nearly every day - and all this has reminded me I’ve slacked off on that lately and ought to reintroduce.
So in short, it’s possible (and many claim it is so) that hemp seed oil can do everything fish oil does and do it better, without toxic risk. I’ll try to list some sources for this info if anyone needs me to. I’ve just shared here what’s stayed in my mind from all the stuff I’ve read.
I’m not sure the same risk goes for putting it on your plants, I know there are lots of fish products used by many folks for their plants, including fish bone meal. That’s something I haven’t looked into.
I did listen to a growing podcast recently that warned about various produce industry waste products being repurposed as plant fertiliser and allowed the ‘organic’ label because it’s animal product, when it may be anything but organic (for example, blood n bone from hormone treated livestock - I wouldn’t want those hormones in my grow!).
Anyway - I’ll pop back and catch up on your journal history now.
Please don’t think I’m criticising anyone’s practices, we all do what works for us - I just saw a conversation where I had something I thought relevant and possibly important to add. .
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Edit: I’ll add this reading reference. There’s a lot out there but this gives a relatively balanced overview.
HempLogic: Can hemp oil replace fish oil in the human diet?
Edit 2: after reading the first few pages in your journal, I came back to check my post for clarity, and to make the paragraphs nice and short ..
I believe in sharing freely
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(Platonic...hahahaha)
