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Fish Oil May Be An Effective Treatment For Male Infertility

The study was on mice, so don’t get your hopes up just yet! But it does look very promising… This study followed up on a study of 150 men in Iran which discovered that infertile men had lower levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their sperm than fertile men. That was the first study of…

Fish Oil Reduces Risk of Colon Cancer

Dr. Sangmi Kim from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in North Carolina was prompted by some small trials on animals and humans to conduct a much larger study on the effect of omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil on colon cancer. They tested 1,503 whites and 369 African Americans, about half of each…

Lawsuit Exposes Unsafe PCB Contamination of Several Popular Fish Oil Supplements

A California environmental group is suing several producers of popular fish oil products for excessive contamination in their fish oils. The group, Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation, found that fish oil supplements from CVS Pharmacy, Nature Made, Rite Aid, GNC, Solgar, Twinlab, Now Health, Omega Protein and Pharmavite contained excessive levels of PCBs. California law requires that consumers…

Fish Oil: An Important Part of Substance Abuse Recovery

Eating a diet chock full o’ vitamins and nutrients has always been important, but now research shows that there could be a link between drug addiction and dietary deficiencies. Carolyn Reuben, a nutrition expert (and the executive director of the Community Addiction Recovery Association in Sacramento, CA) says that the human body can react to certain dietary deficiencies in a manner that can ultimately lead to mood disorders and/or addiction. She and other nutritionists view omega-3 deficiency as part of the problem.

8 Fish Oil Benefits Proven By Research

A plethora of research indicates that, not only are fish oil benefits numerous, some of them are really quite extraordinary! It seems like new studies are being published every day, as scientists and doctors learn more and more about how and why it is so beneficial. The omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil are…

How To Evaluate A Fish Oil Supplement

With the recent popularity of fish oil supplements today due their overwhelming range of health benefits, fish oil has never been more available for everybody. Manufacturers are jumping on the bandwagon and coming out with a new fish oil supplement every few months. With all these options available out on the market, choosing the right…

Fish Oil Health: How Does It Help?

Over the years, there have been many studies made on the various benefits fish oil offers to our health. But how many people really know just how extensive the benefits from fish oil are? Let’s try to go through the reasons why fish oil is good for our bodies and why you should seriously consider…

What Is The Best Fish Oil?

While there are extensive studies that make it easy to recognize the myriad of health benefits we could get from fish oil supplements, recognizing what the best fish oil supplement is isn’t so easy. Fish oil has been linked to many wonderful health benefits. Some of these are heart disease prevention, anti-inflammatory properties, and ever…

Fish Oil = Faster Recovery & Shorter Hospital Stays for ICU Patients

Patients being treated in intensive care units may benefit from taking fish oils intravenously, according to a new study just published in the journal Critical Care. In fact, it appears to shorten their hospital stays! The study investigated the effects of including fish oil in the normal IV nutrient solution for patients with sepsis, a…

Fish Oil: Everything You Wanted to Know

We’ve all heard all the amazing claims that fish oil can improve our health in myriad ways. Thousands of studies have been done on fish oil over the years, and there are many benefits that they report. Here is a quick list of the health benefits that have been most studied and proven for fish…

Omega 3 for Dummies

Omega 3 fatty acids are simpler than they sound. Besides being the “active ingredient” in fish oil, they’re nutrients. Along with other vital nutrients like protein, carbohydrates, and calcium, our body needs omega 3 to develop and to keep us healthy. Like other nutrients, though, omega-3 fatty acids are usually something of which we just…

Omega 3 Fish Oil: What Is It, and What Are The Benefits?

Omega-3 fish oil has been shown in many studies to help with a variety of conditions. ADHD, Alzheimer’s, Diabetes, Depression, High Cholesterol, Heart Disease — the list goes on and on. The reason it’s so useful is because omega-3s EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaeonic acid) from omega-3 fish oil are precursors to anti-inflammatory chemicals…

Anxiety? Have some fish oil and relax.

stressWhen all hell breaks loose, don’t run for the nearest pint of Ben & Jerry’s! Instead, reach for the fish oil. Preliminary research shows that fish oil may help you to cope with mental stress.

Omega-3 Deficiency the 8th Leading Cause of Death in US, says Harvard and CDC

A new study from Harvard University in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control found that Omega-3 deficiency causes 96,000 deaths every year, making it the 8th leading cause of death!

Andrew Shao, PhD, vice president of scientific & regulatory affairs at the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), had this to say:

I think this analysis reinforces the long-held notion that the diet has a tremendously powerful impact on health and longevity and that the consumption of omega-3s (along with fruits and veggies) by Americans is far from adequate.

Predisposed to Type 2 Diabetes? Omega-3s Reduce Risk

Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes, and it’s a chronic disease with very serious, potentially life-threatening complications. Because it tends to be fairly hereditary, relatives of Type 2 diabetes patients are at a higher risk for developing it themselves. In fact, one-third of children of Type 2 diabetes sufferers will also…

Omega-3s May Reduce Menopause-related Distress, Depression & Hot Flashes

Here’s some great news for women going through menopause! A recent study, published earlier this year in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, presents the first evidence that fish oil supplements are effective for treating common menopause-related mental health problems. The researchers conducting the double-blind trial recruited 120 women ages 40 to 55 and divided…

Can Fish Oil Prevent or Reduce Breast Cancer Risk?

As pointed out in the Journal of Nutrition, a number of animal studies have shown that fish oil slows breast tumor growth, inhibits cancer cells from spreading to other parts of the body, increases responsiveness to chemotherapy drugs and prevents cachexia (the cancer-related malnutrition that kills 40% of cancer patients). While these results are very…

Fish Oil vs. Flax Seed Oil: Are all omega-3 sources created equal?

If you’ve checked out FishOilBlog.com before, you know that a flood of research published in recent years confirms the heart/health benefits of omega-3s (and you may have also picked up on the fact that the modern Western diet is severely deficient in omega-3s and high in omega-6s!).

Both fish oil and flaxseed oil contain omega-3, but only fish oils contain EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid). These long-chain omega-3s play an extremely important role in the normal function of the heart, brain, eyes, nervous system, kidney and liver. (DHA is also a key constituent of cell membranes, especially in the brain and eyes.) Flaxseed oil, on the other hand, contains ALA, a short-chain omega-3. In order to derive any health benefits from flaxseed oil, the human body must first go through an extra step converting the ALA to EPA/DHA.

Fish Oil May Treat Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the #5 cause of death in the world, and includes diseases like Emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Smoking is often a cause of COPD, so promising new research out of Japan may be welcome news to anyone that opted for cigarettes over health in their life. We already knew that…

BREAKING: Omega-3 Better than Cholesterol Medication for Chronic Heart Failure!

There is now a breakthrough treatment available for those suffering from Chronic Heart Failure, and no, it doesn’t come from a drug company. What is Chronic Heart Failure? Chronic heart failure is a condition that occurs when the heart becomes enlarged and cannot pump blood efficiently around the body. Omega-3 fish oil has proven in…

Fish Oil Improves Verbal, Memory & Spelling Skills in Children, Decreases Sick Days

355 children, ages 6 to 9, were given omega-3 fish oil doses everyday by researchers in South Africa. What did these find as a result of fish oil supplementation? Dr. Marius Smuts told the Congress of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids in Cairns that he found the children were…

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