If omega-6 fatty acids are low in the diet, the body can convert alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) found in animal fats into EPA, DPA, and DHA.

“my alpha-linolenic acid which is actually present in animal fat it's pretty good look at how high my epa is my dpa and my dha are pretty darn good”

“there's an interesting concept that the desaturases in the long gases are shared between the omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid metabolic pathways and that if you eat an evolutionarily appropriate amount of omega-6 that would be a low amount of omega-6 your body's pretty darn good at converting things like alpha linolenic acid which is actually found in animal fat into epa icosapentanoic acid docosa hexanoic acid docosapentanoic acid etc”

“if you are not eating seed oils if you are not eating omega-6s like linoleic acid if they are low in your diet then your body can make epa dpa and dha from the alpha linolenic acid the ala which is found in tallow and animal fat”

“long chain omega-3 fatty acids also important which don't really occur in Plants either we can point that out that like DHA and EPA not really found in plants ala alpha linolenic acid perhaps and then but the conversion is variable in different people and may depend on your omega-6 consumption”