Now that you know the information, let’s get practical. Here are 8 small diet tips to increase your intake of omega-3's:
1. Choose a high fat fish such as salmon or halibut 2 times each week.
2. Add walnuts to salads or on your cold cereal or oatmeal.
3. Make salmon burgers (many stores like Whole Foods Markets have frozen wild caught salmon burgers that you can cook easily in a non stick pan).
4. Keep some packaged salmon on hand to add to salads (see in the grocery store near the tuna fish. Now comes in packages instead of canned and tastes much better than canned salmon).
5. If you like them, snack on some sardines with crackers.
6. Use omega-3 fortified eggs (can find at all local grocery stores: look for the sentence: fed with DHA and EPA.
7. Add 2 tbsp of ground flax seeds to your oatmeal or yogurt.
8. Make muffins and add ground flax seeds to the mix.
Note: some fish may contain high mercury levels and should be consumed less frequently. Children and women of child bearing age should avoid consuming these fish: King Mackerel, Swordfish, Shark, and Tile Fish.Children under the age of 12, pregnant women, women who may become pregnant, and nursing mothers should limit medium mercury fish to once a week or less (6 oz a week): striped bass, canned albacore tuna, tuna steaks, halibut, lobster, bluefish, and grouper.
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