July 2009
Monthly Archive
Fish Oil Fast Fact #121: What Your Child’s Teacher Doesn’t Know About ADHD
Posted by Michael Byrd on Jul 31 2009 | Tagged as: Fish Oil
If your child’s teacher has mentioned to you that he or she believes that your child might have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), then the hypothesis is probably based on your child’s behavior. Children with ADD or ADHD tend to exhibit high amounts of energy and an inability to focus on a single task for an extended period of time“ both normal behavior patterns for most preschool and elementary school age children anyway.
However, if your child appears to exceed the norm, then their instructor may suggest you have them treated for ADD or ADHD. Before you do, talk to a dietician to find out what you need to do to make sure that your child is getting enough omega 3 in their diet. What many teachers diagnose as a mental issue causing an inability to focus may in fact be nothing more than a nutritional shortage of omega 3, an essential fatty acid found in salmon oil (Attention Deficit Disorder: Practical Coping Mechanisms 2006). This simple dietary change could save your child from a lifetime of medication and special classes.
Understanding How Omega 3 Can Boost Your Memory Power
Posted by Michael Byrd on Jul 30 2009 | Tagged as: Omega 3
As we get older, we all notice some changes in our memory. Many people call this “senioritis” or refer to forgetful incidents as “senior moments.” However, forgetting things actually has very little to do with age. In reality, it has a lot more to do with nutrition.
There are a lot of reasons that you might become increasingly forgetful as you age. Many have to do with your environment. As a child, you are stimulated by the world around you but you also have a great deal of focus because you are constantly being exposed to new things. As a result, your memory for these things is generally quite accurate. Adults also are bombarded with information from all angles. However, this information may have to do with work, parenting requirements and responsibilities or other day-to-day living issues. As a result, you will be required to respond appropriately on a minute by minute basis to lots of different types of information. This can lead to issues with memory because you do not have the ability to focus on all of these issues at once.
Stress can also create memory problems. This is because stress prevents you from focusing. If you are worried about something, that topic may displace the other things that you should be paying attention to. The result is forgetfulness.
Fortunately, there is a solution that deals directly with the issues of stress and over-stimulation. This solution is to make sure that you get enough omega 3. If your body has a good supply of omega 3 fatty acids, then your brain can better handle lots of information at once. However, if you have an omega 3 fatty acid deficiency then you may encounter serious memory setbacks because your brain simply cannot handle the pressure of all the information that you take in on a daily basis.
In order to remedy this deficiency, you can simply add a daily omega 3 supplement to your nutritional regimen. The best omega 3 supplements are made from salmon oil, which is superior to tuna- and mackerel-based fish oil, and have been molecularly optimized to prevent unpleasant side effects like a fishy body odor and belching. Learn more about this type of omega 3 fish oil supplement at http://www.omega-3.us.
Fish Oil Fast Fact #120: The Secret Defense Against Diabetes that Your Pediatrician Probably Isn’t Telling Your
Posted by Michael Byrd on Jul 29 2009 | Tagged as: Fish Oil
Some types of diabetes are genetic, and you are either born with them or are pretty much destined to develop them later in life. However, other types of diabetes are a product of health status or lifestyle, and can be prevented with responsible living and some careful preparation. Because diabetes is an autoimmune disorder, many scientists suspect that at least a portion of the cases of juvenile diabetes could be prevented if the children in question were getting the required amount of omega 3 fatty acids in their daily diet (Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders 2006 vol. 4 no. 2: 136-48).
This deficiency can be difficult to detect since most children and adults“ even those who eat extremely healthy diets“ do not get sufficient amounts of omega 3 just from food. If you are concerned about the amount of omega 3 in your child’s diet, ask your pediatrician or a dietician directly. Because many of the hypotheses about omega 3 have not been solidified (for example, there is a lot of disagreement about how much is enough) most pediatricians do not volunteer this type of information to parents without being asked first.
