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Resources
Articles:
Essential Fatty Acids
for Foetal Development
The omega-6 and omega-3 Fatty Acids
are essential dietary nutrients required for growth and development,
particularly of the brain and eye. . . .
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Omega 3 and Brain
Development
Evidence
suggests that omega-3 polyunsatured fatty acids play a vital role in
the function of cell membranes, and the development of the brain and
eyes . . . more
Depression and Fish
More and more evidence points to the
association between omega-3 Fatty Acids and depression. . .
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Omega 3 and 6 help
Dry Eye Syndrome
A recent study has shown the benefit of consuming sufficient omega 3
in relation to omega 6. . .
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Eat the Right Fat or Die
Prematurely!
"The fats and oils
story may well be the greatest scandal of ignorance,
disinformation, and greed in the entire history of food
production. The effects of poorly processed oils are a
major causative factor in heart disease, cancer, and
most modern diseases that have affected hundreds of
millions of people all over the world."
John Finnegan, The
Facts About Fats . . .
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Omega-3 Fatty
Acids help with Depression in Pregnancy -
depression
during pregnancy affects both the mother and the child. Most
drugs pass from mother to baby through the placenta in different
degrees. Medicating depressed pregnant patients is a clinical
dilemma. The first case of successful treatment with omega-3
polyunsaturated fatty acid monotherapy of a pregnant patient with major depressive
disorder. . .
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Omega-3 fatty acid
may prevent Alzheimer's disease and slow its
progression - A diet high
in the omega-3 fatty acid DHA helps protect the brain
against the memory loss and cell damage caused by
Alzheimer's disease. . .
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Fish Oil has
Dramatic Effect on Learning and Development
- Four
out of every 10 children in a new British study showed
significant improvements in reading and spelling when
given fish oil supplements. . .
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Fatty acids may be key to
unlock autism -
CHILDHOOD
autism may be linked to a deficiency of
fatty acids found in oily fish,
according to Scottish researchers.
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EPA helps severely
depressed and suicidal man -
Omega 3 EPA (eicosapentaenoic
acid) was given to a severely depressed and
suicidal man at the Hammersmith Hospital in
London in 2001. He had a seven-year
history of constant and severe depression. The omega 3
oil was given to him in addition to the
conventional antidepressant treatment, which
hitherto had not relieved his symptoms. Symptoms of
social phobia also improved dramatically. .
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Fish Oil
Boosts Pupil Brainpower -
Two new
studies reveal fish oils have dramatic beneficial effect on
children. . .
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Is Fish Good for the Brain? You bet it
is -
Scientists think
they have evidence that fish oil could cure mental disorders such as
depression, Alzheimers, schizophrenia and dyslexia – conditions
increasingly common in the Western world. . .
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Why Every Child Should be
Taking Omega-3 Fish Oils - Millions of people have seen
the recent surge in publicity surrounding fish oils and brain development
in children, as featured by Professor Robert Winston in the BBC programme
"Child of Our Time", which was based on recent studies conducted
at Durham University. . .
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Fish Oils and Mental
Health/Depression -
Professor of Nutrition in
Medicine at Cornell University, Dr Barbara Levine, believes that
postpartum depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and
low IQs are all linked to the dismally low DHA intake common in the United
States. Dr Levine also points out that low DHA levels have been linked to
low brain serotonin levels which again are connected to an increased
tendency to depression, suicide and violence. more
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