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Why do you ask, Consistency? There seems to be a suggestion that higher levels of DHA/EPA (along with other factors) are associated with reduced risk of macular degeneration...

Not sure anyone really knows the answer, but the idea seems to be that your body needs both and that some people's bodies are better than others at making them (from ALA). So if you take them ready...

Is V-pure still the only algae-based supplement that contains both DHA and EPA, or are there others now?

I feel I probably ought to take the supplement as well as the hemp oil, as there is some...

I usually put it on my toast instead of margarine - bit runny but I quite like the taste. You can use it in salad dressings etc as well. ETA you're not meant to heat it, I'm assuming semi-cold toast...

Must admit I don't usually take them myself but optimistically rely on my hemp-oil conversion skills :D I try to get my (vegetarian) other half to take them though because he doesn't do the hemp oil...

I have put the latest ones in the fridge - like you I don't remember seeing that instruction on the ones I've ordered in the past.

There is a bit of information about interactions between omega 6 and omega 3 oils such as http://www.vegsoc.org/info/omega3.html and http://www.vegansociety.com/html/food/nutrition/e_fatty_acids.php....

I take it, irregularly though :o

I think the argument for this over the DHA-only ones was that some bodies are better at converting the various substances than others, and that it's difficult to...

There is another one called O-Mega-Zen3 which comes in a vegan capsule (I think some of the other algae-sourced DHA supplements come in gelatine capsules, weird as that is)

I don't know if anyone...