The key fatty acids in Omega-3 are essential fatty acids, so we must take in these fatty acids by coordinating our food intake with our body’s Omega-3 requirement. Different health organizations provide different answers to the question of how much Omega-3 fatty acid you need to ingest on a daily basis. The recommended daily allowance of DHA and EPA they recommend varies from some 200 to 500 mg per day for a healthy adult.
The Dutch Nutrition Centre advises adults to ingest 200 mg of Omega-3 fatty acids per day, for example.
Our standard diet, however, is often not able to provide this quantity of Omega-3. If you want to come close to obtaining the recommended daily amount of DHA and EPA through your food intake, you can best eat one portion of (fatty) fish per week, according to the Nutrition Centre. The World Gastroenterology Organisation even recommends 3 to 5 portions of fish per week in order to take in sufficient quantities of DHA and EPA.
Voor velen van ons is vis echter geen wekelijks terugkerend voedingsmiddel in het voedingspatroon, anders kampte niet 90% van de bevolking met een tekort aan omega 3. Om dit tekort te kunnen aanvullen, grijpen veel mensen naar de voedingssupplementen. Dit verklaart de populariteit van visoliecapsules, de bekendste omega 3-voedingssupplementen op de markt.