RE: fatty acids destroyed by cooking?, and about eggs too now

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I'm guessing they are factory, just that the chickens are fed a ration

of food that contains fish and flax meal and other things that cause

them to have more omega 3's. they MIGHT be from smaller farms, because

if you're not drugging your chickens and you are feeding them healther

food, you're just going to have to have a smaller operation. A large

factory farm won't run quite the same without the drugs and chemicals.

But you can almost guarantee those chickens aren't pastured.

By the way, I heard that if it says 'free range' on the carton, by law,

that just means the birds have access to the outdoors for a few hours a

day. That doesn't mean they're getting their nutrition from bugs and

grass like a pastured chicken is. Just so you know. local small farmed

pastured chickens of course are the best. If you've never eaten an egg

less than 5 minutes from the chickens hind end, well, LOL, you're

missing out. I'm sure it's probably just as good as fresh milk from a

cow, but I don't' have a cow yet

I feed my chickens organic grains and ration because my yard is too

small for a 'pasture' but I let them out to eat bugs as often as I can.

But my eggs are still far superior to the organic ones from the store.

I would say, if you can find a local farmer who at least lets her hens

out to roam a bit, that would even be better than store bought. Don't

put them in the fridge either!

BTW, feeding chickens is pretty easy, unless you want to make it

complicated. You can just get a bag of mash, dump it in a feeder and

let them eat. LOL! It's not hard at all. Or you can read and learn

more and try to find organic feed, supplement with worms, bugs, greens

etc. it's all about how far you want to take it. Plus, chickens are

just cute to watch and raise. The babies are sooo sweeet, you hold them

in your hand and they wilt like a flower in the sun into this little fur

ball just sleeping in your warm hands.

Re: fatty acids destroyed by cooking?

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> Lampinen wrote:

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>> Does anyone know how much of the efa's are destroyed when eating

> cooked eggs

>> and fatty fish? I always wonder if it is worth it to pay the extra

to

> buy

>> the DHA eggs when I think they may be destroyed in the cooking

anyway.

>> (Although I do eat my eggs runny and sunny side up and eat raw eggs

in

> my

>> shakes) I usually just buy range free organic eggs.

>>

>> Helen

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> I doubt there's enough DHA in DHA eggs to justify their higher price

and

> not getting DHA (along with EPA and vitamins A and D) from cod liver

> oil.

>

> Roman

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