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These include eating a variety of whole plant foods; getting most fat from whole foods like olives, nuts, seeds, and soy foods; selecting olive, canola, and nut oils for cooking; limiting intake of processed foods and deep-fried foods; choosing foods rich in alpha-linolenic acid like flaxseed, flaxseed oil, hempseed oil, walnuts, canola oil, and soy products; and considering use of a DHA supplement derived from microalgae.
As the label of Nature's Path Flax Plus explains, "Omega-3 fatty acids, specifically alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), are found in canola oil, wheat germ, soybeans, hempseeds, and flaxseeds.
Hempseed also provides other phytonutrients, including phytosterols and carotenes as well as the minerals calcium, magnesium and potassium.
 
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