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I’ve written a lot about omega-3 fats over the past few years, and I’ve been taking supplements myself for much longer than that. So when I had the chance to get tested for my omega-3 blood levels, I was excited to finally learn where I stood compared to average levels in this [...]
We’ve all heard that omega-3 fats are healthy, associated with all manner of better health outcomes. What we didn’t really know was why. What is it about omega-3 fats that’s beneficial? Now we have some evidence. Using living mouse cells, a team of scientists discovered that omega-3 fats block a particular enzyme – cyclooxygenase – [...]
There’s been a lot of random news about weight loss, obesity and health effects in the past few weeks. Here are some of the more interesting headlines: Weight management is more complex than just cutting out bad foods. In other worse, that simplified “Eat this, not that” idea isn’t likely to help you lose weight [...]
While plenty of people are taking omega-3 (fish oil) supplements, it’s a safe guess that few of them know their blood levels. It’s not a test that’s typically included in routine medical tests, and there are no standard recommended ranges for deficient, normal, or optimal, values. Research suggests that the typical American diet results in [...]
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 [...]
When vitamin C first hit the public radar screen back in the 1960′s, it was touted as a miracle cure-all, preventing the common cold, flu, cancer and heart disease. Research failed to prove any of that was true, but that hasn’t stopped the public from swallowing billions of vitamin C supplements over the years. Vitamin [...]
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
