Fish Oils may Aid against Maniac Depression - The Washington Post

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Hi, I am new here but I think Omega's 3,6 and 9 are the tops!!! I take flax and

borage oils which are rich in Omega 3,6 and 9 and also gamma linoleic acid. I

have notice a GREAT improvement in my mood and also my anxiety. And my hair,

skin and nails are beautiful, too.

 

Just thought I'd share.

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Dear JoAnn--

 

While it is true that the fish oil you find in health food stores

does pose a toxicity issue at the sometimes high doses required to

help with depression, pharmaceutical-grade fish oil, especially that

coming from Dr. Barry Sears, is extremely pure and does not contain

mercury, PCBs, etc. to any dangerous level. Most of the major studies

on depression have been done with fish oil, not flax seed oil, which

according to Dr. Barry Sears, has some problems at the high doses

that may be necessary to help with depression.

 

It actually amazes me that so few people have tried fish oil to help

with their depression, since so many research studies have shown how

effective it is for so many people. But I suppose it is because the

medical and drug industries have been donditioning us for a long time

to believe that only their " patented " solutions--with their numerous

side effects--are effective.

 

 

With my best wishes,

 

Dennis Lewis

 

Gettingwell, " JoAnn Guest " <angelprincessjo> wrote:

> " JoAnn Guest " <angelprincessjo>

> Mon Nov 11, 2002 1:58 pm

> Fish Oils may Aid against Maniac Depression-

> - the Washington Post

>

>

>

> Omega 3 Oils--

>

> as Effective as Antidepressants

> and Non-Toxic!

>

>

> A Note from Dr. Tracy:

> In September 1998 the National Institute of

> Health conducted a seminar on the effectiveness of Omega 3 oils in

> combating manic depression, schizophrenia, depression,

> hyperactivity, PMS, etc.

>

> Now a new study supports those reports. Although the study

> looked only at fish oil, flax seed oil is recommended as it does

not

> pose a potential toxicity - toxicity due to polluted waters in

which

> fish are found.

>

> One of the finest books on the subject is " Fats that Heal, Fats

that

> Kill " by Udo Erasmus. Find more info on his book and the oils he

> recommends at

>

> www.udoerasmus.com.

>

> Dr. Ann Blake Tracy

>

> May 6, 1999

> Fish Oil May Aid Against Manic Depression,

> BY MARC KAUFMAN, THE WASHINGTON POST

>

> Scientists believe they have found a surprising new ally in their

> efforts to understand and treat the sharp mood swings of manic

> depression -- the fatty acids of fish oil.

>

> A Harvard University clinical trial of 44 patients suffering from

> manic, or bipolar, depression had such positive results with fish

> oil

> that the experiment was stopped after four months and all patients

> were put on a treatment of 14 capsules per day.

>

> " The group taking the fish oil was performing strikingly better

than

> the placebo group, including significantly longer periods of

> remission, " said Andrew L. Stoll, director of the

Psychopharmacology

> Research Laboratory at Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital. " A

> decision was made to stop the trial on ethical grounds. "

>

> Based on those promising findings, Stoll said, the National

> Institutes of Health has given preliminary approval for a larger

> fish-

> oil trial starting this summer. That trial, at McLean and Baylor

> College of Medicine in Houston, would include 120 people suffering

> from manic depression and would last for three years.

>

> " If this works, it would be one of the most exciting findings in

> psychiatry in the past 20 years, " said Jerry Cott, chief of the

> psychopharmacology research program at the National Institute of

> Mental Health. " This is the first time we would be testing a

> nutritional supplement that appears to be having efficacy about to

> the degree of a synthetic medication. "

>

> " This could give us real insight into what is the basis of this

> psychiatric disorder, " Cott said. " Right now, we have no clue what

> it's really about. "

>

> In the Harvard study, all the patients continued on their other

> medications. About half were also treated with fish-oil capsules,

> while the others got olive oil as a placebo. According to Stoll, 11

> of the 15 patients taking the fish oil improved after four months,

> and only two had a recurrence. Six of 20 on the placebo responded

> positively, he said, and 11 had a relapse. Some patients were not

> counted because the trial was stopped before they had completed

> their

> four-month treatment.

>

> Details of the study will be published in May in a major medical

> journal. Stoll presented his findings this month at a meeting of

> fatty-acid experts at NIH. Fish oil is especially high in omega-3

> fatty acids, a family of long-chained polyunsaturated fats that

have

> been associated with reduced cardiovascular disease and other

health

> benefits.

>

> The body's highest concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids are in the

> eyes and the brain, where neurobiologists believe they are

essential

> to the proper functioning of cell membranes. If levels of omega-3

> fatty acids are too low, they have theorized, then essential

> chemical

> pathways become overwhelmed and mental disorders can occur.

>

> The Harvard study was the first significant scientific look at the

> effects of fish oil and its fatty acids on manic depression --

which

> is estimated to affect between 1 and 2 percent of Americans at some

> point in their lives. The disease produces swings from the

> abnormally

> high energy and mood levels of mania to deep depression, and is

> generally treated with different drugs than those prescribed for

> unipolar depression, the more common form of depression. (An

> estimated 20 percent of Americans suffer from some form of

> depression

> during their lifetimes.)

>

> But some researchers believe omega-3 fatty acids play an equally

> important role in unipolar depression.

>

> Joseph Hibbeln of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and

> Alcoholism has found a striking correlation between fish

consumption

> and depression. Societies where people eat a lot of fish, he found,

> have markedly lower levels of depression than societies where

people

> don't eat much fish. He calls his work " suggestive " rather than

> conclusive.

>

> Stoll said he stumbled across fish oil as a possible treatment of

> manic depression when he surveyed the literature on compounds with

> effects similar to traditional drugs such as lithium and

> valproate. " Everywhere we looked, we came up with omega-3s, " he

> said. " I had heard about omega-3s in medical school, but there

> hadn't

> been a lot of attention paid to them since. " While fish oil has

long

> been used as a safe dietary supplement, doctors warn that it can

> oxidize if not properly stored.

>

>

>

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>

>

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---Greetings!

<Most of the studies

> on depression have been done with fish oil, not flax seed oil,which

> according to Dr. Barry Sears, has some problems at the high doses

> that may be necessary to help with depression.

 

It is my understanding that a combination of the n-3s, n-6s and 9s

as found in formula's as Udo's Choice Blends are extremely more

beneficial. However, I would enjoy reading Dr. Sears views on the

subject. Does he have a site for this?

Thanks.

 

JoAnn Guest

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In Gettingwell, " Dennis Lewis " <denlew94131> wrote:

> Dear JoAnn--

>

> While it is true that the fish oil you find in health food stores

> does pose a toxicity issue at the sometimes high doses required to

> help with depression, pharmaceutical-grade fish oil, especially

that

> coming from Dr. Barry Sears, is extremely pure and does not contain

> mercury, PCBs, etc. to any dangerous level. Most of the major

studies

> on depression have been done with fish oil, not flax seed oil,

which

> according to Dr. Barry Sears, has some problems at the high doses

> that may be necessary to help with depression.

>

> It actually amazes me that so few people have tried fish oil to

help

> with their depression, since so many research studies have shown

how

> effective it is for so many people. But I suppose it is because the

> medical and drug industries have been donditioning us for a long

time

> to believe that only their " patented " solutions--with their

numerous

> side effects--are effective.

>

>

> With my best wishes,

>

> Dennis Lewis

>

> Gettingwell, " JoAnn Guest " <angelprincessjo> wrote:

> > " JoAnn Guest " <angelprincessjo>

> > Mon Nov 11, 2002 1:58 pm

> > Fish Oils may Aid against Maniac Depression-

> > - the Washington Post

> >

> >

> >

> > Omega 3 Oils--

> >

> > as Effective as Antidepressants

> > and Non-Toxic!

> >

> >

> > A Note from Dr. Tracy:

> > In September 1998 the National Institute of

> > Health conducted a seminar on the effectiveness of Omega 3 oils

in

> > combating manic depression, schizophrenia, depression,

> > hyperactivity, PMS, etc.

> >

> > Now a new study supports those reports. Although the study

> > looked only at fish oil, flax seed oil is recommended as it does

> not

> > pose a potential toxicity - toxicity due to polluted waters in

> which

> > fish are found.

> >

> > One of the finest books on the subject is " Fats that Heal, Fats

> that

> > Kill " by Udo Erasmus. Find more info on his book and the oils he

> > recommends at

> >

> > www.udoerasmus.com.

> >

> > Dr. Ann Blake Tracy

> >

> > May 6, 1999

> > Fish Oil May Aid Against Manic Depression,

> > BY MARC KAUFMAN, THE WASHINGTON POST

> >

> > Scientists believe they have found a surprising new ally in their

> > efforts to understand and treat the sharp mood swings of manic

> > depression -- the fatty acids of fish oil.

> >

> > A Harvard University clinical trial of 44 patients suffering from

> > manic, or bipolar, depression had such positive results with fish

> > oil

> > that the experiment was stopped after four months and all

patients

> > were put on a treatment of 14 capsules per day.

> >

> > " The group taking the fish oil was performing strikingly better

> than

> > the placebo group, including significantly longer periods of

> > remission, " said Andrew L. Stoll, director of the

> Psychopharmacology

> > Research Laboratory at Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital. " A

> > decision was made to stop the trial on ethical grounds. "

> >

> > Based on those promising findings, Stoll said, the National

> > Institutes of Health has given preliminary approval for a larger

> > fish-

> > oil trial starting this summer. That trial, at McLean and Baylor

> > College of Medicine in Houston, would include 120 people

suffering

> > from manic depression and would last for three years.

> >

> > " If this works, it would be one of the most exciting findings in

> > psychiatry in the past 20 years, " said Jerry Cott, chief of the

> > psychopharmacology research program at the National Institute of

> > Mental Health. " This is the first time we would be testing a

> > nutritional supplement that appears to be having efficacy about