Showing posts with label fish oil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fish oil. Show all posts
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Fish Oil Omega-3s and COVID-19 Clotting
COVID-19 is increasingly being seen as having its strongest impacts on the blood (rather than on the lungs) where it appears to promote clotting (thus affecting the lungs and heart). There is enough evidence to promote further research into the benefits of fish oil (omega-3s EPA and DHA) on COVID-19 induced deep vein thrombosis (clotting) since: "There is ... evidence that fish oil may reduce thrombotic events." (emphasis added) says this paper:
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Taking Fish Oil During Pregnancy Is Found to Lower Child’s Asthma Risk
HEALTH
Taking Fish Oil During Pregnancy Is Found to Lower Child’s Asthma Risk
Women who took fish oil during the last three months of pregnancy significantly lowered the risk that their children would develop asthma, a study in Denmark has found.
Among children whose mothers took fish-oil capsules, 16.9 percent had asthma by age 3, compared with 23.7 percent whose mothers were given placebos. The difference, nearly 7 percentage points, translates to a risk reduction of about 31 percent.
But in the study released on Wednesday, the researchers say they are not ready to recommend that pregnant women routinely take fish oil. Although the study found no adverse effects in the mothers or babies, the doses were high, 2.4 grams per day — 15 to 20 times what most Americans consume from foods.
More at the New York Times
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