Monthly Archives: June 2007

Fish Oil: The Latest Diabetes Prevention Guidelines and Fish Oil

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recently announced new diabetes prevention guidelines for people at high risk for type 2 diabetes. And the good news is it’s never too late to make a change. In type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes, the body either doesn’t produce enough insulin or recognize that which it [...]

Fish Oil: Arthritis and Job Performance

According to the 2002 National Health Interview Survey, arthritis pain and disability interferes with the job performance of almost 7 million American workers. One out of every five or six Americans between the ages of 18 and 64, or 23.4 million people, suffer from arthritis – a painful, inflammatory joint disease. Of this group, nearly [...]

Fish Oil: Fatty Acid Imbalance Creates Health Problems

The typical American diet contains far too much omega-6 oil and not enough omega-3 oil, according to Dr. Janice K Kiecolt-Glaser of the Ohio State University College of Medicine. (Psychosomatic Mediicne, March 30, 2007)   This imbalance could be the reason for the incredibly sharp increase in heart disease and depression over the last 100 [...]