How powerful is fish oil in regards to boosting health? VERY powerful. Check out some of the newer findings regarding fish oil and health.
Fish Oil Fights Obesity In Kids Before It Even Starts – Higher maternal intake of n-3 LC-PUFAs in pregnancy was associated with lower childhood adiposity at age 3, suggesting that western diets low in n-3 LC-PUFAs favor the development of adiposity later in life.
Fish Oil Reduces Hot Flashes (I’ve written about fish oil and hot flashes before) – Supplementation of post-menopausal women with ethyl-EPA for 8 weeks was associated with a significant 55% decrease in the frequency of hot flashes compared with women consuming a placebo, but the intensity of the hot flashes was unaffected. Supplementation of a similar group of women experiencing post-menopausal psychological distress with both EPA (1.0 g/day) and DHA (150 mg/day) was without effect on psychological distress, but in women with major depression, n-3 LC-PUFA supplementation was associated with a significant improvement in psychological distress and depression compared with the placebo.
Corn Oil Breaks Bone? - The effect of PUFAs on bone mineral density has attracted attention because of the loss of bone mass in the elderly and the importance of accruing bone mass during growth. A study of the relationship between bone mineral density and serum phospholipid n-6 PUFAs in 8-year old children reported that linoleic acid was inversely associated with bone density in the total body, lumbar spine and hip, but that ARA was positively associated with bone density in the total body and hip. Omega-3 PUFAs were unrelated to bone density.
Forget The Carrots for Better Vision - The likelihood of developing advanced age-related macular degeneration was significantly lower in people with the highest intake of DHA. Risk was further reduced in people who consumed aspirin more than 5 times/week and had high DHA intakes.
More Fish = More Focus (and happier parents) – Behavior and learning disorders in children cover a spectrum with overlapping symptoms and distinct subsets of characteristics. In children with attention deficit with or without hyperactivity (ADHD), inattention may be the greatest impairment. In a randomized, placebo-controlled trial, a large subgroup of children with inattention experienced a 47% reduction in ADHD symptoms after 6 months’ supplementation with n-3 LC-PUFAs containing a small amount of ?-linolenic acid. Another controlled trial in ADHD children using only EPA reported significant treatment benefits related to the predominant behavioral subtype, not in the overall sample. Responses were the greatest in children with the lowest EPA concentrations at baseline.
“I’ll have martini, shaken not stirred with a splash of fish oil” - Chronic alcoholism depletes DHA in the orbitofrontal cortex of the brain and reduces DHA incorporation and turnover. These changes are thought to impair neurotransmission.
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