Exploring Sustainable Alternatives to Marine Oils With Echium and Ahiflower Oils

Inclusion Criteria: * Inclusion criteria will include individuals of both sexes, aged 18 to 30 years, without contraindications for using fish oil or vegetable oil supplements. Women must not be pregnant or breastfeeding. Exclusion Criteria: * will include vegetarianism or veganism; the use of triglyceride-lowering medications or dietary supplements; consumption of fish oil or other n-3 or n-6 PUFA supplements/drugs within one month before the trial; consumption of fatty fish (salmon, herring, mackerel, albacore tuna, or sardines) more than twice a month in the month before the trial; and unwillingness to avoid PUFA supplements and seafood throughout the study period. Additional exclusions will include severe heart failure, active severe liver disease, planned coronary intervention or surgery, history of acute or chronic pancreatitis, known hypersensitivity to fish, shellfish, or capsule ingredients, and autoimmune diseases requiring immunosuppressive therapy or current systemic corticosteroid use. Other exclusion criteria will encompass active neoplasms requiring surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation within the past 12 months (patients who underwent curative surgery without further treatment in the last 12 months may be eligible); inflammatory bowel disease or chronic diarrhea; significant non-transient hematological abnormalities; renal dysfunction; severe liver disease; inability to provide informed consent; participation in another clinical trial involving an investigational agent within the past 90 days; malabsorption syndrome; recent drug or alcohol abuse; atrial fibrillation; or bleeding disorders. Adherence to the prescribed dosage will be assessed by tracking the residual oil sachets and capsules returned by participants. If fewer than 80% of the doses over the full study period are consumed, participants will be classified as non-compliant, and their data will be excluded from efficacy analyses.