It's a good idea to take both. Fish oil contains DHA and EPA which are
biologically more effective than ALA. The body will convert ALA to EPA
and DHA. There are more palatable sources of ALA than flaxseed, but
they may not be as concentrated. Look at walnuts, canola oil, and chia
as other sources of ALA.

--
  Ron

As long as you have very good health insurance.

My I offer an alternative view somewhat between Monty and Ron views.
First, try for unrefined fats in the form of unroasted nuts and seeds
for
the good plant fats with their natural antioxidants.
Second, while agree with Ron fish oil has some merits but I don't see
it fish oil omega 3 as a complete good. I suspect part of the game
is to trim omega 6 intake to improve the ratio of omega 3 fattty acids
to omega 6 fatty acids. Therefore when looking at supplements,
I'll suggest those fish oil supplements that have fewer fatty acids
that aren't EPA and DHA are to be preferred. And yes there a
are such products for example take as CLOSE look at the
various product in the Puritan's Pride catalog and check out
the 2X and 3X omega 3 supplements. And I'll suggest
there is merit to avoiding soy oil, canola oil, corn oil as these are
highly refined foods and concentrated sources of omega 6 FAs.
I have reservations about butter for cooking as it contain cholesterol
which could become a source of oxysterols especially if heated
intensely. By the way if you use butter store it the freezer
not the frig as this has profound effect on improving storage
of the fat and preserving it. This is not to say butter doesn't
have some other merits as food. On the other hand, coconut
meat with its short chain saturated fatty acids seem to be a healthy
food and it as I see it a food that permits lowering the
overall intake of unsaturated fatty acids. And in some
contexts I prefer virgin olive oil and in others coconut 'grease.'
As I'll suggest pork fat is especially nasty from what I have seen as
it is high arachidonic acid. And of course avoid hydrogentated
fats whether fully or partly hydrogentated. Hydrogenated soy oil
contains a damaged version of vitamin K that I suspect is best
avoided in addition to the trans-fats issue.

Further, to prevent hardening of the arteries I suggest looking
into both higher dose vitamin K-2 supplements and higher dose vitamin
D3 supplements. LEF carries a nice vitamin K supplement which I like.
And during the autumn and winter, I take 6000 to 8000 IU
of vitamin D3 and during the rest of year I take D3 depending
on sun exposure.

Further for blood lipid control consider stopping sucrose and high
fructose
corn syrup as this is really important as eating these is worse
some ways worse than eating fat. Avoiding grains and
grain products can also be useful in both controlling blood sugar
and triglycerides levels. Eating fructose raises uric acid
levels not a good thing for many.

So I'll suggest coconut meat, almonds, filberts, walnuts, good cold
water wild
caught fish, olive oil,  nonstarchy green veggies as many as possible,
some beef, no pork, no ham, no bacon, no salami. I am divided on
eggs as they contain too much arachidonic acid but they
are a wonderful source of methyl group contributers which
are also important. Avoid fruit juice and sodas. Prefer berries
to fruit and limit fruit intake. Avoid all foods from McDs and
Burger King. Avoid potatoes and french frys. Avoiding the
grains may also be needed by many though some fair well
on the less refined grain that aren't doped up with
additional sugars i.e. nearly all store bought bread be it
"whole grain" or "white". Plus for about 1 in 100 grain gluten
is a "gradual deadly poison" of sorts for those with the celiac
disease.

This is just a tentative view

What eye disease was your husband's eye doctor concerned about?
Although omega 3 fatty acids are good for a variety health reasons, I
am not aware of any effect of omega 3 on vision.

--
 Ron

On Aug 9, 1:18 pm, "MikeV" <mavid...@att.net> wrote:

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good as

reasons, I

ARMD:

ey...http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/Omega-3-may-prevent-
blindnes...

Full text is here:

http://press.psprings.co.uk/bjo/june/bj143412.pdf