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Mayo Clinic

This might be helpful:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fish-oil/NS_patient-fishoil/DSECTION=evidence

Omega 3

After listening to the BBC radio 4 Omega 6 & 3 program today I thought it best to read more on the subject. This Wikipedia article has backed up much of what I have read and heard in the last 4 years. I did find the article a little scientific however it is important to write precisely on health topics. The style of writing enables the author to convey how the subject has been studied; and the reader to exercise the brain when reading therefore aiding the brain function. I would like to know which are the best fish for the oil and which region to catch them (watch out fish)?--SPDillon (talk) 18:55, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

standardize dashes

n-3/n-6 in the article is spelled with two kinds of dashes. The effect isn't just aesthetic because the web browser's "find" command won't find the ones with fancy dashes. (I was using cmd-f to find a first mention with a definition, and wound up thinking that perhaps it wasn't defined until I scrolled manually.) I suggest plain "-" for that reason, although I don't know if there's an overarching wikipedia policy. 128.220.29.216 (talk) 04:46, 19 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

prevention and treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar/manic-depression

I've been following the omega-3 research for about 9 years (as well as taking 5grams of omega-3 fish oil for much of this time), and recently an interesting report came out about omega-3's link to schizophrenia. I am pasting some of the web-links here.

Fish oil pills show promise in preventing schizophrenia ^[1]

Fish oil may prevent onset of mental illness: Study ^[2]

Omega-3 Fish Oils Tested as Preventative Approach to Schizophrenia, with Positive Results ^[3]

Fish oil hope for schizophrenia patients ^[4]

Low omega-3 linked to schizophrenia risk ^[5]

Essential Fats Found Deficient in Brains of Men with Schizophrenia ^[6]

Several years ago I also read research about how taking 5grams of omega-3 fish oil a day helped prevent relapse in manic-depressive disorder.

I think the time for skepticism of the massive benefits of omega-3 is long past, compared to the alternative of taking pharmaceutical drugs to mask illnesses it is really a no-brainer to take a natural oil that can CURE many diseases. This encyclopedia should step past the pro-pharmaceutical media bias and unflinchingly publish the honest truth about omega-3. Many people are needlessly suffering at the mercy of the pharmaceutical/psychiatric establishment who have largely ignored omega-3 as there is no money in finding a natural treatment or cure for diseases. There are many skeptics of game-changing science, but omega-3 truly is a game changer. It is likely that for many psychiatric patients omega-3 could replace psychiatric medication for treatment, with better outcomes and no side-effects. Please if you are interested in natural cures for disease do your research and you will see that they are out there.

cheers, Jamie 24.108.77.192 (talk) 12:49, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100202/omega_100202/20100202?hub=Health

[2] ttp://www.themoneytimes.com/featured/20100202/fish-oil-may-prevent-onset-mental-illness-study-id-1099134.html

[3] ttp://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005788.html

[4] ttp://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/02/2808143.htm?section=justin

[5] ttp://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/12/18/Low-omega-3-linked-to-schizophrenia-risk/UPI-14731261118188/

[6] ttp://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/004864.html

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