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Omega-3 fatty acids

Omega-3s Help the Heart and Brain (Press Release)

Monday, July 11, 2005
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Editor of NaturalNews.com (See all articles...)
Tags: omega-3 fatty acids, health news, Natural News


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The Tin Woodsman and Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz might have asked for omega-3s along with a heart and brain if they knew what scientists do now. Recently published articles confirm the positive effects of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LC- PUFAs) in reducing atrial fibrillation, improving heart rate variability, benefiting children at high risk of heart disease, and improving neurodevelopment in premature infants. The June 2005 PUFA Newsletter summarizes these findings along with studies related to mental health, visual function, and prostate cancer.

A study with prospective coronary bypass patients showed a 54 percent reduction in the occurrence of atrial fibrillation as well as shorter hospital stays in those treated with n-3 LC-PUFAs compared with controls. Another study on fish oil in elderly people demonstrated that the oil, and by implication the n-3 LC-PUFAs it contains, can significantly improve heart rate variability.

Previously documented benefits to growth and development in premature infants receiving supplementary LC-PUFAs were also confirmed by recent research. Other data show that liquid cod liver oil, a concentrated source of n-3 LC-PUFAs, may be an especially useful dietary supplement from early pregnancy on, especially for women at increased risk of having a low birthweight infant.

Another link in the epidemiological chain connecting n-3 LC-PUFAs with healthy vision later in life is also discussed in this e-newsletter. A study involving more than 71,000 nurses for over 16 years showed that high total fat intake increased risk of cataract extraction. Increased intake of n-3 LC- PUFAs, however, resulted in 12 percent lower risk.

"A critical function of n-3 LC-PUFAs throughout life is the development and maintenance of visual function," Nettleton notes. "From prenatal visual development through retinal cell signaling to protection against various degenerative eye diseases, n-3 LC-PUFAs are active."

Finally, the e-newsletter describes an inverse association between advanced prostate cancer and n-3 LC-PUFAs, suggesting that these fatty acids may retard disease progress.


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About the author:Mike Adams (aka the "Health Ranger") is a best selling author (#1 best selling science book on Amazon.com) and a globally recognized scientific researcher in clean foods. He serves as the founding editor of NaturalNews.com and the lab science director of an internationally accredited (ISO 17025) analytical laboratory known as CWC Labs. There, he was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for achieving extremely high accuracy in the analysis of toxic elements in unknown water samples using ICP-MS instrumentation. Adams is also highly proficient in running liquid chromatography, ion chromatography and mass spectrometry time-of-flight analytical instrumentation.

Adams is a person of color whose ancestors include Africans and Native American Indians. He's also of Native American heritage, which he credits as inspiring his "Health Ranger" passion for protecting life and nature against the destruction caused by chemicals, heavy metals and other forms of pollution.

Adams is the founder and publisher of the open source science journal Natural Science Journal, the author of numerous peer-reviewed science papers published by the journal, and the author of the world's first book that published ICP-MS heavy metals analysis results for foods, dietary supplements, pet food, spices and fast food. The book is entitled Food Forensics and is published by BenBella Books.

In his laboratory research, Adams has made numerous food safety breakthroughs such as revealing rice protein products imported from Asia to be contaminated with toxic heavy metals like lead, cadmium and tungsten. Adams was the first food science researcher to document high levels of tungsten in superfoods. He also discovered over 11 ppm lead in imported mangosteen powder, and led an industry-wide voluntary agreement to limit heavy metals in rice protein products.

In addition to his lab work, Adams is also the (non-paid) executive director of the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center (CWC), an organization that redirects 100% of its donations receipts to grant programs that teach children and women how to grow their own food or vastly improve their nutrition. Through the non-profit CWC, Adams also launched Nutrition Rescue, a program that donates essential vitamins to people in need. Click here to see some of the CWC success stories.

With a background in science and software technology, Adams is the original founder of the email newsletter technology company known as Arial Software. Using his technical experience combined with his love for natural health, Adams developed and deployed the content management system currently driving NaturalNews.com. He also engineered the high-level statistical algorithms that power SCIENCE.naturalnews.com, a massive research resource featuring over 10 million scientific studies.

Adams is well known for his incredibly popular consumer activism video blowing the lid on fake blueberries used throughout the food supply. He has also exposed "strange fibers" found in Chicken McNuggets, fake academic credentials of so-called health "gurus," dangerous "detox" products imported as battery acid and sold for oral consumption, fake acai berry scams, the California raw milk raids, the vaccine research fraud revealed by industry whistleblowers and many other topics.

Adams has also helped defend the rights of home gardeners and protect the medical freedom rights of parents. Adams is widely recognized to have made a remarkable global impact on issues like GMOs, vaccines, nutrition therapies, human consciousness.

In addition to his activism, Adams is an accomplished musician who has released over a dozen popular songs covering a variety of activism topics.

Click here to read a more detailed bio on Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, at HealthRanger.com.

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