Here is a testimonial from a Fish Oil Blog reader named Jess, who wrote in to tell us about the miraculous improvements she has seen from giving her daughter fish oil, who has Asperger's Syndrome ...

The behavior of children in a recent study vastly improved when they were given 6 capsules of fish oil per day, even more than children being prescribed Ritalin. Restlessness and school performance ...

Melissa, one of our readers, wrote in to tell us how this heaven-sent health supplement was her salvation from ADHD: I've suffered serious depression and ADHD since I was a teenager. Of course, all my life, my diet was junk food, fast food, comfort food.   I've tried Ritalin, Paxil, Prozac and none have helped.  I decided, since reading some research on Omega-3s to go ahead and try changing my diet to add more tuna, salmon, and once in a while a can of sardines.

Researchers in Norway are saying that criminals treated with fish oil supplements for several months became less violent. Dr. Havard Bentsen attributes this to the potential of omega-3 fatty acids to reduce aggressiveness and impulsivity, for which fish oil has been touted dozens of times in treating children with ADHD. He even makes a rather lofty claim:

A study out of England of 120 children between ages 6 and 12 tested the use of fish oil on ADHD symptoms, coordination and short-term memory. The outcome? Results suggested that after three ...