Dr. Weeks Comment: Dr. Dick Kunin, M.D. a brilliant doctor first sent his work repudiating snake oil to the New England Journal of Medicine in 1990 and they turned up their nose. He single-handedly was shifting paradigms by reversing the stigma against the use of snake oil *highest natural source of anti-inflammatory Omega 3 fatty [...]
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Dr. Weeks Comment: David Horrobin, M.D. preached this 2 decades ago setting the stage for hard working Omega 3 EFA scientists who came after: Rudin, Stoll et al. In The Maddness of Adam and Eve , Horrobin’s last work, he described the role of Omega 3 EFA in human evolution and the take home message [...]
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How Much omega-3 Fatty Acid Do We Need To Prevent Cardiovascular Disease?
ScienceDaily (Sep. 1, 2009) — A team of French scientists have found the dose of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) that is “just right” for preventing cardiovascular disease in healthy men. In a research report appearing in the September 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal, [...]
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Oily fish may reduce dementia risk: Transcontinental study
By Stephen Daniells, 08-Jul-2009
Increased intake of fish may reduce the risk of dementia by about 20 per cent, according to a new study spanning three continents.
Data from 14,960 people in seven countries indicated that the more fish consumed, the more beneficial the effects, researchers report in [...]
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David Horrobin, MD founding Editor of Medical Hypothesis, invented this simple, inexpensive and non-invasive test for determining who are at risk of developing thought disorders. Alas, he died trying to get FDA approval for this wonderful screening test.
Psychiatry Res. 2007 Aug 30;152(2-3):181-7. Epub 2007 Apr 24.
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Fatty acids and oxidative stress in psychiatric disorders.Tsaluchidu S, Cocchi M, Tonello L, Puri BK.
Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. sofia.tsl@alice.it
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine whether there is published evidence for increased oxidative stress in neuropsychiatric disorders.
METHODS: A PubMed [...]
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3: BMC Psychiatry. 2008 Apr 17;8 Suppl 1:S5.
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Fatty acids and oxidative stress in psychiatric disorders.Tsaluchidu S, Cocchi M, Tonello L, Puri BK.
Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. sofia.tsl@alice.it
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine whether there is published evidence for increased oxidative stress in neuropsychiatric disorders. METHODS: A [...]
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High Mercury Levels Are Found in Tuna Sushi
Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
Tuna sushi is a popular item in New York but may be risky.
By MARIAN BURROS
Published: January 23, 2008 The New York Times
Recent laboratory tests found so much mercury in tuna sushi from 20 Manhattan stores and restaurants that at most of them, [...]
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Fish oils halt cognitive decline
BILTHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS. Cognitive decline (memory loss and a decline in awareness and the ability to think, learn and judge) is often part of the aging process and precedes Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Dutch researchers report that cognitive decline is substantially less among elderly men consuming a diet [...]
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Asthma
Diet rich in fish may help prevent childhood asthma
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. Childhood asthma is now a major health problem in Australia with 31% of West Australian children having been diagnosed with the condition. Chronic inflammation of the airways is also a major problem with 12% of the population reporting wheeze severe enough to disturb [...]
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