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Fatty Acid Blood Tests Help Assess Risk for Heart Disease

3/11/2008 - (NaturalNews) Back in 2004 two fatty acid researchers, William Harris PhD and Clemens von Schacky M.D., developed a lab test designed to measure the amount of omega-3 essential fatty acids in blood. They call this blood test the omega-3 index. The...

Raise Your Child's IQ With Adequate Amounts of DHA

2/24/2008 - (NaturalNews) If you want to produce brainy children, feed them brain food. Brain development of babies and children is highly influenced by nutritional intake. Children who are fed inadequate amounts of a key nutrient will have inadequate brain growth...

The Omega-3 Fatty Acid DHA Confirmed to Deter Alzheimer's

2/15/2008 - (NaturalNews) The exact mechanism by which the omega-3 fatty acid DHA deters Alzheimer's disease has been determined. Fish oil has long been advocated as an affordable supplement to prevent or at least delay this disease. Finally, UCLA scientists have...

The Right Type of Fats for Health and Longevity

2/7/2008 - (NaturalNews) If there is one supplement that we can all benefit from, it would have to be Omega-3 fatty acids. Eskimo people have proven this over the ages with their diet comprising of over 50% of their total calorie intake from fish and fish oil -...

Nationwide trial to test omega-3 oils vs. Alzheimer's disease

12/7/2007 - (NaturalNews) A consortium of researchers, supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Institutes on Aging and coordinated by the University of California-San Diego, will be conducting a nationwide clinical trial to study the effects of...

DHA fatty acid helps halt Alzheimer's progression

12/3/2007 - (NaturalNews) A type of omega-3 fatty acid called docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) may help prevent the abnormal clumping of certain proteins that leads to the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience....

DHA Omega-3 Oil Improves Blood Lipid Profiles

11/6/2007 - (NaturalNews) Supplementing with an omega-3 fatty acid called docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) may improve blood lipid levels in men with high triglycerides, according to a new study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers recruited...

More Research Highlights the Broad Health Benefits of Omega-3 Fish Oils and Fatty Fish

7/19/2007 - Research on omega-3 fish oils keeps looking better and better: new studies have found that omega-3s fish oils can help with three catastrophic diseases -- Alzheimer's, heart failure, and cancer. Ernst J. Schaefer, MD, of the USDA's nutrition research...

Breast-fed children have better vision, study says

2/19/2007 - (NaturalNews) Babies who are breast-fed have significantly better vision as young children than babies fed from formula, according to a study published in the January issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers in the United Kingdom...

What's on your mind for dinner, cow brains?

1/14/2007 - First, a warning: This article may be considered extremely gross or nauseating by some readers. It's about where red meat actually comes from and the mental distortions maintained by people who eat large quantities of animal products. So, a courtesy...

Fatty fish consumption found to slash risk of dementia, Alzheimer's

11/23/2006 - (NaturalNews) A new Tufts University study published in the November issue of the journal Archives of Neurology has found that people with diets high in fatty fish run a significantly lower risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The...

Omega-3 fatty acids help prevent dementia, U.S. study suggests

11/16/2006 - (NaturalNews) A study by researchers at Tufts University in Boston has added to growing evidence that suggests increased levels of the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenioc acid (DHA) in the blood can significantly lower the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's...

Most Women Unaware of Key Nutrient Needed for Babies’ Development During Pregnancy (press release)

11/2/2006 - Most women are aware of only two of the “Big 3” nutrients considered essential during pregnancy and breastfeeding, according to a Kelton Research survey sponsored by the Society for Women’s Health Research, a Washington, D.C.- based national advocacy...

Interview with Corinna Benoit of Nordic Naturals on all-natural cod liver oil

5/4/2006 - Mike: We are here with Corinna Benoit of Nordic Naturals. That is NordicNaturals.com. Thank you, Corinna, for joining me today. Benoit: Thank you, Mike. I'm glad to answer some questions for you. Mike: You have a line of cod liver products and...

Brain health dramatically improved by intake of omega-3 fatty acids and fish oils

1/2/2006 - It's no secret that long-term diet and nutrition choices have an effect on the way we look and feel; but new studies show that nutrition can also affect the way we think. As it turns out, there really is such a thing as “food for thought.” It may seem...

Oh Mama! Bars provide convenience, nutrition for expectant mothers

9/20/2005 - If you're ever shopping for maternity wear for a friend or family member, pay attention to the growing selection of clothing. You might notice that they make business suits for expecting women -- even for those late in their pregnancy. Women, in fact,...

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