Does not improve the fish stocks in the ocean though, and figure it, human brains developed and
survived in continents a thousand miles from the sea and oily fish, well the fish get oilier than
ever now due to the dumping of diesel and the loss of crude, and then of course there is the mercury
which is surely not good for the brain, though balancing an eel on the end of your nose might be.
Larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Disability-Research Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Eileen McGinn
> Sent: 20 August 2007 18:34
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: *** SPAM *** Re: Can fish oils really improve your
> mind:- Is this 'bad-science and exploit...
>
> Yes, fish oil can improve your mind: cognition, mood and
> behavior. All this in addition to protection of heart, blood
> vessels and other organs.
>
> Of course, if you eat a terrible diet and never do any
> physical activity at all and never try to learn anything and
> have no social support system, then just take some omega 3,
> it may not do much for you. But even in controlled trials,
> just adding omega 3 without other changes has proven to be
> beneficial for many medical and psychiatric illnesses, and
> even in aging and healthy populations. There is a massive
> literature on fish oil for many medical
> conditions and for symptoms of psychiatric illnesses. There
> is no need to create
> transgenic pigs. In the US, there is a pharmaceutical omega
> 3 called Omacor (at a high cost) which is approved by the
> FDA for very high triglycerides (over 500), one of the "bad
> fats". Our diets are so bad: the population of US is
> 1/3 obese, 1/3 overweight and 1/3 normal weight. Many
> surveys have shown that people are deficient in many nutrients.
>
> There are many articles now appearing in the press and in the
> medical literature about how "supplements" are no good,
> especially for people who are not ill and that we are
> wasting money and possibly harming ourselves by buying
> "supplements".
> Researchers think that they can test nutrients (supplements)
> like drugs, one at a time. If the supplement all by itself
> does not "work", then it is no good. Nutrients do not work
> that way, they work together and that is why we need to eat
> food that is varied and supplies all our nutrition needs.
> Omega 3 works on the cell membranes as well as inside the
> cells and this seems to be why it helps so many body systems.
>
> Some of the research about omega 3 is flawed: they are using
> only EPA or only DHA, not both together, so not really full
> omega 3 as used in some of the better research. Then the
> conclusion is "omega 3 does not work". But the study was
> not testing omega 3 to begin with, only EPA or DHA alone. They need
> to be together. The whole idea of "active ingredient" from
> drug studies may
> not be relevant to studies of nutrients, and certainly not
> to EPA or DHA alone.
>
> Is it better to eat fatty fish, wild from the ocean, twice a
> week or more?
> Yes. It is OK to take omega 3, if it is from a reputable
> source? Yes. Go to foodforthebrain.org, a UK organization
> that is helping to clarify information about diet and
> lifestyle and health.
>
> I am enclosing some abstracts saved on my computer about
> omega 3 and the brain. There are hundreds more in the
> medical literature, about many medical and psychiatric
> illnesses. Note that the conclusions are sometimes rather
> tentative, saying more trials are needed, etc. But we have
> to keep in mind that in psychiatry, drugs are prescribed so
> frequently "off-label" and in combinations of drugs never
> studied. Drugs are used commonly even when there have not
> even been any trials to show any efficacy, especially in
> certain populations, like elders, children, pregnant women,
> people with bipolar disorder, etc.
> Omega 3's adverse effect: since it thins the blood, people
> already taking
> blood thinners should talk to their doctor beforehand.
>
> Eileen
>
________________End of message______________________
This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about the list administratione should be sent to [log in to unmask]
Archives and tools are located at:
www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html
You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.
|