A PLANT ALTERNATIVE TO FISH OILS THAT DOESNT FURTHER ENDANGER OUR DEPLETED FISH STOCKS?

For years I've been looking for an alternative omega-3 rich supplement that isn't fish based and can be grown sustainably.

You only have to watch documentaries such as The Price of Fish to realise we are at a crisis point. Or to talk with your elders who fish to understand how little fish we have now, compared to the past.

There have been some plant and algae based ones that have come on the market, but they tend to have issues with retroconversion from DHA to EPA being poor (1).

Also more research is coming out linking DHA levels to elevated LDL cholesterol, potentially increased risk of atrial fibrillation (and therefore dementia) and can even undermine plasma EPA’s protective effects against major adverse cardiovascular event risk (2).

So along comes Ahiflower (Buglossoides arvenesis), which contains omega 3+6+9. In fact it has the same amount of GLA as evening primrose oil, and more omega-3 than other plants such as hemp, in fact 10 x the amount of omega-3 SDA as hemp, and high levels of ALA. Ahiflower has up to 4x greater conversion to EPA than from Flaxseed oil (3).

Is it environmentally sustainable?

They've also been able to calculate that by cultivating Ahiflower, we could meet current global omega-3 requirements on merely 480,000 hectares per year (4). For context, this figure is only 1.3% of the soybean hectares recorded in the US in 2017, that are overwhelmingly grown for animal feed.

With Ahiflower perhaps we can envision a future where there is no more stripping our oceans of fish and other marine creatures for omega-3 supplements, or having to artificially enhance fish production through farming with the associated environmental toxicity.

If you would like to purchase some simply message me. The product is PhytoLove Ahiflower Oil, 90 caps $63 plus courier.

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References:

1. Metherel AH, Irfan M, Klingel SL, Mutch DM, Bazinet RP. Compound-specific isotope analysis reveals no retroconversion of DHA to EPA but substantial conversion of EPA to DHA following supplementation: a randomized control trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2019;110(4):823-31.

2. Multiple studies, message me if you want these.

3. Lefort N, LeBlanc R, Giroux M-A, Surette ME. Consumption of Buglossoides arvensis seed oil is safe and increases tissue long-chain n-3 fatty acid content more than flax seed oil – results of a phase I randomised clinical trial. Journal of Nutritional Science. 2016;5

4. C. Brinkworth, D.Baden. (2025) Buglossoides arvenesis (Ahiflower) seed oil – a sustainable omega 3 solution? Autumn Avena, 2025.