Consumers United for Evidence-Based Healthcare (CUE) is a national coalition of health and consumer advocacy organizations committed to empowering consumers to make the best use of evidence-based healthcare (EBHC).
Consumers United for Evidence-Based Healthcare (CUE) is a national coalition of health and consumer advocacy organizations committed to empowering consumers to make the best use of evidence-based healthcare (EBHC).
Posted: August 10, 2018 by lisa
Fish oil and Bleeding Risk
“There is a long-standing myth that omega-3s cause bleeding. We have used data from 18,000 patients who were in clinical trials over the years-mostly in heart disease, and there is not one case of bleeding from omega-3s” It has long been believed that fish oil may cause a person to bleed more easily, especially if …
Posted: February 10, 2014 by lisa
Therapeutic Use Of Fish Oil for Communication
“Every so often, scientists really do discover a substance of transformative power, one with the ability to cure the previously incurable and improve the quality of life for the rest of us. Omega-3 fatty acids — a component of simple fish oil, once so prevalent in our diet but now largely absent — could be …
Posted: September 1, 2008 by cherab
Study on polyunsaturated fatty acids and autism
The following study was published in the Clin Biochem Epub in Spetember of 2008 Role of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the management of Egyptian children with autism Department of Research on Children with Special Needs, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt Meguid NA, Atta HM, Gouda AS, Khalil RO OBJECTIVE: Estimation of free polyunsaturated fatty acids …
Posted: January 9, 2008 by cherab
Maternal Fish Oil Supplementation in Pregnancy
Source: School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Dunstan JA, Simmer K, Dixon G, Prescott SL. OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of antenatal omega 3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 LC PUFA) on cognitive development in a cohort of children whose mothers received high-dose fish oil in pregnancy. …
Posted: August 27, 2006 by cherab
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Pathophysiology of Autism
Source: Polyunsaturated fatty acid University Center of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, ZNA Middelheim, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium Sliwinski S, Croonenberghs J, Christophe A, Deboutte D, Maes M. OBJECTIVES: There is now some evidence that alterations in fatty acids may play a role in the pathophysiology of autism. The aim of the present study was …
Posted: July 1, 2006 by cherab
What if my child is allergic to fish?
Fish Protein In theory, fish proteins should be effectively removed in processing. However, it is certainly possible for fish oils to have small traces of protein. The fish gelatin that is used in our fish gelatin Omega-3 formula, however, is derived from fish protein, and could be considered allergenic. For those who want or need …
Posted: July 1, 2006 by cherab
Dosing Question
Dosage Of Fish Oil For Children Response to a question about EFA dosing by Lisa Geng: Hi Liz, Thanks so much for the info. I’ve been speaking with them too-and I’ve had a chance to ask this question to a few scientists. I found that basically, the answer is really “I don’t know” or “I don’t …
Posted: July 1, 2006 by cherab
DHA?, higher EPA? bit of GLA?, and what about carnosine?
DHA?, higher EPA? bit of GLA?, and what about carnosine? Hi everyone! It’s hard to answer all the recent questions on one email. I can tell you that there are some questions that came up that can not yet be answered by anyone for sure (most of them!) -and the professionals will tell you that. …
Posted: July 1, 2006 by cherab
How do I get my child to eat fish oil?
My 5 year old apraxic son Tanner is a trooper and takes the ProEFA from a spoon every day. I hold his nose for him, but he doesn’t mind the taste. We started the holding the nose thing when Tanner used to take the efalex, which is very fishy smelling and tasting, and it’s kind …
Posted: June 26, 2006 by cherab
Fish oil capsules help children with speech disorders find their voices
Published in Englemed Health News Look Who’s Talking Now: Fish oil capsules help children with speech disorders find their voices A simple fish oil supplement may be the key to dramatically unlock the voices of children with speech and language disorders. That’s the conclusion of a group of scientists who reviewed a study of nineteen …