# What is the best way to get my essential fatty acids? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 2, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-get-my-essential-fatty-acids/371205 "2006-09-02T15:20:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-get-my-essential-fatty-acids/371205/1 "2006-09-02T15:20:37Z")
It is a confusing area. One thing I wonder about is if I have to consume alpha-linoic acid and linoic acid, or if derivatives will do. And no, I’m not going to eat fish. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-get-my-essential-fatty-acids/371205/2 "2006-09-02T15:34:18Z")
You don’t need to eat fish to get EFA’s. There are plenty of vegetable and grain sources. [This is a great page from a vegan website.](http://www.vegansociety.com/html/food/nutrition/e_fatty_acids.php) I know very little about supplements, I prefer to get nutrients from food, so I’ll leave that to someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-get-my-essential-fatty-acids/371205/3 "2006-09-02T15:41:45Z")
I take two of the [Atkins Essential Oils](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001X3F3K/ref=pd_rvi_gw_1/002-9440524-6285656?ie=UTF8) softgels daily.