People talk about using fish oil, but where the omega-3s come from and fish down the food chain is actually from marine phytoplankton

outages, which is plant-to-ribe. So they're all plant-based. We don't think of vegetables having fat in it, but they do.

It's not very much, but there is fat in this primarily in the form of omega-3 fatty acids.

Well, hello there, and welcome to the Exam Room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee.

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Viggins and omega-3s. Oh my, there is a lot of chitter chatter about omega-3s and plant-based diets with singer and actress Miley Cyrus stunning

the plant-based community by announcing that she has transitioned to a pescatarian diet.

During an appearance recently on the Joe Rogan podcast, she said, quote,

I was vegan for a very long time, but I've had to introduce fish and omega into my life because my brain wasn't functioning properly.

So that then begs the question, is Cyrus singing the right key here? Or is her thinking on this a little bit flat?

That's what we're going to discover today with Dr. Jim Loomis. Plus, he's going to be sticking around to answer a mess of your nutrition questions.

We're talking about omega-3s and vitamin Ds and vitamin Cs. Any nutrient that you please,

class will be in session and we're going to cover a lot of ground. So bust out your paper and your pens because Dr. Loomis does not skip on the answers.

They are in fact quite filling. But first, the question is, is it possible for vegans to get enough omega-3s in their diet without

resorning to fish? And if so, how do you do it? For that, we're going to talk to Dr. Jim Loomis.

He is the medical director from the Barnard Medical Center and the man featured in the Game Changers' Documetory.

Dr. Loomis, welcome to the program, my friend.

Thanks, Chuck. Let's again have you be here.

You are the man. Now, let's start from the top and first, before we get into sources of omega-3s,

let's start with what omega-3s actually are and what role they play in our health.

So omega-3 fatty acids, there's two major types of long-chain fatty acids. There's omega-6 fatty acids,

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