Getting enough oils/fats

[Koalamom]

I need some ideas on what to take to get enough good fats when we are allergic to most of the TF fats. I know that fats are really important, but we just can't use them.
We are allergic to cod liver oil.
I know that CLO has Vit D, and I can replace that with D3 drops.
Fro the DHA, what do I do?
What else does CLO have that I need to supplement with elsewhere?

And we have cut out dairy, but are trialing ghee. Hopefully we can get fats that way.

Allergic to coconut, coconut oil is out of the question.

We are highly allergic to pork, no lard.

No beef, no matter how grass fed it is. No chicken since most are fed oy and both kids are very sensitive to soy.

What TF oils am I left with?

Should I take evening promrose oil? How do I get DHA and omegas and enough oils so that we will stay healthy? What about chia seeds for the oils?

[blueridgewoman]

Oh gosh.... All I can offer is that maybe somewhere, somehow you could find chickens not raised on soy? We have several farms around here that don't do it. There's no way you could raise your own broilers, is there? It takes about eight weeks and then they're processed. The time requirement isn't huge, so even if you decided you didn't want to do it again, you'd be done in two months.

ETA: You're in the north and its hunting season....any chance of negotiating for some wild game? I find that most hunters will throw a few roasts and a hind quarter at me-- easily 10-15lbs of meat-- for a case of Bud.

[Magelet]

your own or someone else's backyard chickens fed no soy?

maybe look into ducks or geese which might not be fed soy? (they are both fattier than chickens, so you get more fat per bird).

definitely the ghee.

I would also say that olive oil is a traditional fat. I think you need to have other dietary fats as well (and it sounds like you don't have much), but it is a traditional healthy fat, if it is real extra virgin olive oil.

also fatty fish. can you eat fish? salmon, sardines, anchovies, herring, albacore, mackarel, halibut, are all great fatty fishes that are good sources of omega-3s

Eggs-pastured eggs, as many as you can get. eggs from birds that forage and eat bugs have omega 3s, including DHA.

lamb fat? its a little more strongly flavored, and definitely not that fatty but there is some.

definitely game fat if you can eat it.

[greenmamapagan]

Goodness, sounds hard. PPs had good suggestions. Chia is great, definitely add chia to whatever you can. You can put it in smoothies but we love to soak it with oats for porridge
What is the problem with beef (just out of curiosity)? Would you be able to eat lamb?

[Koalamom]

I may be able to find some backyard chickens around, bt since dh is unemployed, that is not afforadable right now.

We can't do beef since every time I give it to my dd, she cries her eyes out that her stool is hurting her.

I havent tried lamb on my dd or ds. I really don't like the taste, but I could but up with it for ny chid health. I first have to findsome lamv that is natual not supermarket lamb. Or is lamb always healthy? I do know of a place that could possible sell me some lamb locally come to think of it.

We extremely allergic to eggs, exen pastured, so no.

My kids breakout from any fish I have trialed so far.

I do thik that the wild game thing may be one of my only affordale options right now. Don't want a whole animal rihght now sine we just need to trial
it.

So time to see how lamb, and wild game go.
I am not sure about just liver form meat. I am going to trial that next and see how dd does. I think she is needing the b vitamins. How fatty is that?

Magelet, ehat are youmeaning with the olive oil? Is tit about the contaminated oils with other bad oils like soy? Of is there a different type of oilive oil that is only good?

Are there any other oils that are good to take like evening primrose?

Thanks for all the imput everyone!

[Teenytoona]

What about olive oil?

[Magelet]

I just read somewhere that there were some companies/producers of olive oil who were importing other rancid Mediterranean walnut or hazelnut oil as italian olive oil.

I'd say if its a good high quality olive oil that tastes/smells olivey, its probably good, but maybe its better to stay away from the stuff that doesn't smell or taste.

I think liver is fairly fatty but I don't know. It definitely has high concentrations of essential vitamins though, so if you can eat it, that's definitely good.

I don't know if lamb is always grass-fed, though I think it might be. If it weren't for the soy issues, I'd suggust that getting good animal fats into your children might be more important than getting the best quality animal fats if you can't get them.

Mama, that sounds really hard. Your doing great working to feed your family the best they can.

[blueridgewoman]

Actually, maglet, from what I understand, some olive oil producers are actually cutting with soy and veggie oil. I'm fine with them cutting it with walnut oil, honestly, but.. Gah. We don't use much just for that reason- I don't know 100% that we're getting real OO, so I tend to shy away.

Yeah, honestly, bluebird, game might be your best bet right now. A lot of farmers just don't use everything they shoot and seriously- they're all about the beer (or at least, most hunters I've encountered have been! ). It's a good trade for all, I figure since, at least here, selling meat you catch is illegal, so....

[Koalamom]

Originally Posted by Teenytoona

What about olive oil?

We can do olive oil. But a plate of steamed greens just isn't as good without butter or lard. I like oilive oil with bread or salad.

I so hope that wild game works for us. good idea on the trade for game.

[bagare]

What about flaxseed oil or ground flax seed? I love ground flaxseed in oatmeal and in my salads--love it sprinkled on cottage cheese--if you can do that, it would be good.

What about nut butters/oils? or just plain soaked/dried nuts? Extra Virgin Olive oil--don't cook with it.. you loose all the benefits when you do. Also, to be sure you are getting just olive oil, you do have to purchase the more expensive brands. It is really the pits that it is being cut

I am really sorry that you have such trials

[lil_earthmomma]

What about almonds? Almond butter, almond milk, toasted almonds for snacks?

[celestialdreamer]

Palm oil? Spectrum makes a good one I can get at my local grocery store in the natural section. I'm not sure if that is an option for you since coconut oil is not. I'm sorry that you are so restricted! Are there any meats that your family *does* seem to tolerate at this point?