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DHA, Heart Disease, and Socioeconomic Status

Researchers trying to figure out why those of lower socioeconomic status have greater rates of heart disease came upon the interesting discovery that they had a significant lack of essential fatty acids in their red blood cells (meaning they don’t consume much dietary or supplemental DHA or EPA).

Read More:  DHA, heart disease, lower socioeconomic status

DHA Reduces Inflammation

A double blind study with Alzheimer’s patients and DHA showed that after six months of supplementation DHA had significantly increased in their blood cells and their white blood cells released much less inflammation when stimulated by toxic challenge.

Read More:  Alzheimer's, DHA

Nutrients Lacking in Peripheral Arterial Disease

A new study clearly shows that a lack of key vitamins sets the stage for Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).

Read More:  antioxidants, B Vitamins, DHA, Fiber, PAD, Peripheral Arterial Disease

Fish Oil Protects Japanese from Heart Disease

Japanese men have half the heart disease compared to any other industrialized country in the world. This is true even though they smoke more and have similar rates of cholesterol problems, blood pressure issues, and diabetes. Living in Japan, they eat fish every day and their blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids (DHA/EPA) are twice as high as Japanese men living in America and white American men.

Read More:  DHA, fish oil, heart disease, Japanese

DHA - Brain Boosting and Mercury Protecting

Not only does your heart and circulatory system love DHA, so does your brain. A variety of new animal studies illustrate the brain power of DHA.

Read More:  brain cells, DHA, mercury

Fish Oil Cuts Macular Degeneration Risk in Half

A study in the August issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that eating oily fish at least once per week cuts the risk for developing age-related macular degeneration in half.

Read More:  DHA, fish oil, macular degeneration

Fish Oil Helps Heart Patients – Statins Don’t

In yet another blow to the statin marketing machine, Crestor was found to be of no help at all in reducing mortality in heart failure patients, despite lowering lowering LDL cholesterol.

Read More:  Crestor, DHA, fish oil, heart failure, statins

Mothers with Low DHA at Risk for Depression

A new animal study shows that if a mother is lacking DHA during pregnancy she is much more likely to suffer from postpartum depression.

Read More:  BDNF, DHA, postpartum depression

Nutrition and a Thriving Infant

Mothers who consume the most fish during pregnancy and lactation as well as nurse their child for longer than 10 months significantly improve the healthy development of their child.

Read More:  DHA, infant development, lactation

Circulatory Health and Baby Fat Cells

New research indicates that problems with endothelial cells may trigger baby fat cells to grow up too fast, regardless of diet, opening up a whole new angle on the weight loss issue.

Read More:  baby fat cells, Daily Super E™, DHA, endothelial cells

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