Fish Oil Might Give Young Brains A Super Boost
I was really happy this morning when I turned on the Weather Channel and saw a report saying we might have a couple of super-warm days, later this week. I am ready to get out the sunscreen and soak up some rays on the back deck.
That isn't quite true either, I just prefer not to have to put on a jacket, scarf, gloves, and boots, just to walk to the mailbox. Or to have to use a snowblower to get there.
While being inside, due to the snow this winter, I got lots of reading done, and I've discovered quite a bit of new info about fish oil. This is interesting to me, because I had done such an exhaustive study of fish oil, while putting together my own fish oil formula. The existence of this new information is confirmation for me that I was on just the right track, when I put this company in business.
London's Daily Mail published a small study by Professor Basant Puri, who believes that all of today's school children need supplementation, in order to have a healthy diet. In the study, he is referring to British school children, who he believes have an unhealthy diet.
It's my belief that the situation here is very similar.
Professor Puri believes that the diets of school children are deficient in omega-3 fatty acids, and that the only way to insure that they get them is through supplementaion.
Puri also believes that adults need supplementation, as well.
Puri is a professor of Psychiatry at Imperial College in London, and a consultant in neurological disorders at Hammersmith Hospital.
Youngsters in the study were given pharmaceutical grade fish oil, and after 3 months remarkable gains were seen.
There was an average increase in the school children's reading age of one and a quarter years, and there was a increase in the neatness and legibility of the children's handwriting.
In concentration, three children scored perfect results, even though they were not at the top of their class.
They also achieved dramatic results in short term memory.
When brain scans were done on the school children, the most striking finding emerged: all the scans suggested that the children had developed a larger density of nerve fibers.
Puri said, "I was astonished as I reviewed the brain scans. It was though I was looking at the brains of children who were three years older."
I've known that pharmaceutical grade fish oil helps with brain function for years, and I've recommended it without reservation for adults.
And now it looks as though the benefits for children may be as high, or higher, than for fully grown adults. This is really tremendously good news. However, until such findings are confirmed by other studies, I can't actually recommend this for kids.
I have a follow up study to read, also from England, that suggests that fish oil supplementation also curbs the violent behavior of many teenagers, and is currently being used in psychiatric therapy, with good results. - 17273
That isn't quite true either, I just prefer not to have to put on a jacket, scarf, gloves, and boots, just to walk to the mailbox. Or to have to use a snowblower to get there.
While being inside, due to the snow this winter, I got lots of reading done, and I've discovered quite a bit of new info about fish oil. This is interesting to me, because I had done such an exhaustive study of fish oil, while putting together my own fish oil formula. The existence of this new information is confirmation for me that I was on just the right track, when I put this company in business.
London's Daily Mail published a small study by Professor Basant Puri, who believes that all of today's school children need supplementation, in order to have a healthy diet. In the study, he is referring to British school children, who he believes have an unhealthy diet.
It's my belief that the situation here is very similar.
Professor Puri believes that the diets of school children are deficient in omega-3 fatty acids, and that the only way to insure that they get them is through supplementaion.
Puri also believes that adults need supplementation, as well.
Puri is a professor of Psychiatry at Imperial College in London, and a consultant in neurological disorders at Hammersmith Hospital.
Youngsters in the study were given pharmaceutical grade fish oil, and after 3 months remarkable gains were seen.
There was an average increase in the school children's reading age of one and a quarter years, and there was a increase in the neatness and legibility of the children's handwriting.
In concentration, three children scored perfect results, even though they were not at the top of their class.
They also achieved dramatic results in short term memory.
When brain scans were done on the school children, the most striking finding emerged: all the scans suggested that the children had developed a larger density of nerve fibers.
Puri said, "I was astonished as I reviewed the brain scans. It was though I was looking at the brains of children who were three years older."
I've known that pharmaceutical grade fish oil helps with brain function for years, and I've recommended it without reservation for adults.
And now it looks as though the benefits for children may be as high, or higher, than for fully grown adults. This is really tremendously good news. However, until such findings are confirmed by other studies, I can't actually recommend this for kids.
I have a follow up study to read, also from England, that suggests that fish oil supplementation also curbs the violent behavior of many teenagers, and is currently being used in psychiatric therapy, with good results. - 17273
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