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Algae is actually the greatest source of DHA, and the reason why fish contains so much natural DHA is due to the steady diet of algae most cold-water fish live on.
One factor slowing approval was the use of fish oil as the source of DHA and A.A. in initial studies instead of the purified vegetarian product from algae.
In most of these studies, algal oil was selected as a source of DHA and data were evaluated according to specific health benefits, related to DHA intake.
Supplements may be an additional source of DHA, but an editorial in the same issue, by Dr. Martha Clare Morris, an associate professor of medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, points out that there are no published human studies of the effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation.
Fish are a good source of DHA and EPA.
Because the DHA found in fish can be traced back to microalgae in lower trophic levels of the marine ecosystem (Sijtsma and Swaaf 2004), it is reasonable to consider marine microalgae as a potential source of DHA.
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New sources of dha and DHA must be fully developed to cover the global demand, and marine microalgae are regarded as a promising alternative as the primary producer of all the EPA and DHA in marine food webs.
However, over exploitation of marine resources and accumulation of persistent organic pollutants in aquatic environments has increased the demand for alternative sources of DHA (Sijtsma and Swaaf 2004).
Oceanic fish and fish oil products are typical dietary sources of DHA [ 3].
There is little information regarding the individual effects of EPA and DHA (8), and this knowledge is urgently required now that separate algal sources of DHA and EPA are commercially available or under development.
However, because of emerging concerns over the sustainability of marine resources and the levels of environmental contaminants present in fish, major efforts have been made to identify or create alternative sources of DHA [ 4].
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