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Podcast: Play in new window | Download When choosing between two food products, do you pick the one that claims to be “all natural”? Do you think products labeled “natural” are healthier, or at least less bad? While few people would argue that fresh broccoli isn’t natural, what about so-called natural soda pop? The FDA [...]
While plenty of recent studies have linked omega-3 fatty acid intake with improvements in brain function and cognition, actual human intervention studies showing such effects are less common. One recent study did just that: gave subjects either an omega-3 supplement or a placebo, and then measured anxiety symptoms and levels of inflammatory markers. The [...]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download This podcast discusses a new study of mice, which provides more evidence that brain biochemistry, particularly pathways that govern mood, are affected by omega-3 status. Link to study Link to study news report Link to description of tests for rodent depression Blog this! Digg this post Share on [...]
Seasonal Affect Disorder (SAD), or the winter blahs, has been around for a long time. It’s dark and cold outside. It’s been snowing since Thanksgiving. No wonder we’re depressed. Photo therapy, using UV rays that mimic summer sunlight, is an effective intervention. The idea that diet might have some effect is rather new, and [...]
Can omega-3 fatty acids improve mood? It’s a 21st Century question, since omega-3 research has only really ramped up in the past decade. Omega-3 fats are part of nerve cell structure, and so poor intake of these uniquely shaped molecules could theoretically impact nerve cell function. So far evidence has been limited to comparisons of rates [...]
Nothing says summer quite like watermelon, even though it increasingly turns up in grocery stores in spring. It's one fruit that (mostly) hasn't … Read More
