Posted by henryO on December 2, 2002, at 2:49:14
This first link is an exhaustive letter and contains some valuable info:
http://www.bipolarchild.com/newsletters/0501.html
The second link is a bit less concise but intresting:
http://www.positivehealth.com/permit/Articles/Nutrition/sald19.htm
The last link is a commercial site:
This last link is for Omegabrite fish oil capsules, the highest EPA to DHA ratio available in a completely scent free formula. (No fish burps) It promotes a book by Andrew L. Stoll, M.D., Director of the Psycho-pharmacology Research Laboratory at Harvard's McLean Hospital, about the latest fish oil / essential fatty acids research. (conducted by him) I read it. It basicly says that he belives it is the EPA at 1000mgs a day that does the trick. Not cod liver oil, too much vitamin A. He sells the Omega brite. Yes, he admits it looks like a conflict but says he could not get his patients a contaminant free reliable source for EPA so he contracted for one. At least he's open about it.
He says that vegetable sources are not converted internally by the body at sufficent amounts to achive the desired levels. So Flax and Perilla etc. are certainly beneficial to your diet but not sufficent.
Personally, so far, after about a month on fish oil, at doses enough to supply 1gm of EPA per day, I think that I am experiencing positive effects, i.e. elevated mood. But I have not taken it long enough to say with conviction. I'll keep posting about it, but I would have to have at least two years of experience with it to feel that the effect was trustworthy. I am hopeful.
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