Road Rage?!? Fish Oil Relieves Stress!
A new article over at Times Online (UK) discusses several studies that indicate the benefits of using fish oil for relieving stress.
First we find out that:
Pregnant women who have an adequate intake (ie, two or three portions a week) of oily fish have babies who are not only brighter and more alert but grow into toddlers who are more likely to be intellectual leaders in the kindergarten. This advantage has been shown to continue until at least primary school level.
Wow. What else?
Oxford University has confirmed earlier work from Dundee University that giving children omega 3 enhanced their cognitive ability. The Oxford work also showed that it made the children less unruly and ill-behaved.
Are these fish oil benefits confined soley to children? No!
Research published in 2003 by scientists at Lausanne University and the regional hospital at Brest, in France, showed that people given 7.2g (Ľoz) of fish oil daily for three weeks experienced a remarkable reduction in levels of the stress hormones, including adrenalin and cortisol, and of blood fat.
Reducing stress through a balanced diet rich in omega 3 fish oil will also, as research correlated and published by the British Association of Anger Management has found, improve our ability to cope in stressful situations so that we become less likely to snap at colleagues, partners and fellow drivers.
Apparently, 80% of British drivers have been involved in road rage, and 7 out of 10 office workers have experienced office rage! The article also says that fish oil reduces hostility in the elderly, but to stay away from Cod Liver Oil because of toxic levels of vitamin A.
