Singapore Institutes Fish Oil in Juvenile Prisons
Posted by Michael Byrd on Jan 30 2010 | Tagged as: Fish Oil
In the United States, fish oil has been used for years now as a natural alternative to prescription medications for attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Now Singapore is taking that treatment and applying it in a new way to help treat young prisoners . Since many disruptive and aggressive children have been found to suffer from ADD and ADHD, Singaporean officials hope that giving a daily dose of the health supplement to young people in juvenile detention facilities may help them improve their daily conduct and focus on getting out of the bad situations that their behavior may have placed them in.
“This study is the first of its kind in Singapore,” said principal investigator Daniel Fung, head of the Singapore Institute of Mental Health’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry department. Similar studies in Britain and Holland have found that children and teens with coordination disorders and “aggressive young prisoners” experienced improved behavior abilities and focus after the implementation of the health supplement.
This is just one more example of the dramatic effect that omega 3 – or the lack thereof – can have on a child’s behavior. And the benefits do not stop just because you are no longer growing. Omega 3 fish oil has been linked time and again to increased ability to focus, diminished stress and higher job and school productivity. In fact, people who get adequate amounts of omega 3 experience better mental health and significantly lower rates of physical health problems related to the heart and immune system.
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