Does anyone react to those omega-3 eggs?

[Poddi]

I don't know if it's just me or not.  But those omega-3 eggs seem to bother my stomach, organic or not.  They make me feel all bloated and feel weird, they also leave a bad taste in my mouth.  Those from "chicken fed vegetarian diet" are especially bad.  Regular eggs feel perfectly fine and seem yummy.  What's wrong with me?  Can one be sensitive to omega-3?  Or is it the feed they ate? 

*I can't tolerate flax seeds, maybe that's what those chicken's been eating?

[Llyra]

Most of the eggs that you can buy that talk about their high-omega 3 content are from chickens that have been fed flax in their feed. So yeah, if you have problems with flax, that's likely the problem.

Look for locally-raised pastured eggs-- from chickens that are allowed to scratch for themselves, and that therefore eat the bugs and worms and stuff that chickens will eat if unconfined. Those are my first choice in eggs. It can take some looking, if you don't have a big local-food culture in your area-- localharvest.org is a great resource to get started.

http://www.localharvest.org/pastured-eggs.jsp

Eggs from pastured hens contain up to 20 times more healthy omega-3 fatty acids than those their less fortunate cousins, factory hens...Pastured eggs also have 10 percent less fat, 40 percent more vitamin A, and 34 percent less cholesterol than eggs obtained from factory farms.

Here are the search results for pastured eggs near B.C. (I just noticed that's where you are.)

http://www.localharvest.org/search.jsp?st=102&ty=0&nm=prods%3Aeggs

[mumkimum]

I think pp (& you) are right about flaxseed (or something else) in their diet bothering you.

Dh here can't eat most normal eggs because of stomach issues like you describe (but does fine with local farm eggs or most organic/vegetarian feed eggs).