Enriched Food

* Regarding “What Comes First, the Egg or the Algae DHA Omega-3?” Sept. 8: We had been searching the supermarkets for healthier eggs (in vain) when I happened to mention to a neighbor that a handful of flax meal in her chicken feed would probably give her Omega 3 eggs and that I would be delighted to pay her 25 cents per egg for any she could spare.

The resulting eggs were wonderful, with bright orange yolks. Not all enriched food is a bad thing. I take Omega 3 supplements in the form of fish oil and flaxseed oil capsules, but I’d like to have it present in a lot more of my food to balance the excess of Omega 6 provided by the food processors.

IRENE FRANCISCO

La Habra Heights