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What is the most effective brand of omega 3 fish oil for a child with ADD?

I have heard that fish oil could help a child with ADD, instead of jumping to meds so quickly. What is the best brand, and the most effective dosage?

GNC General Nutrition Centers has the most affordable Omega 3(DHA-EPA) and salmon oil formulations.

I think a child will start to show some improvement after taking 4 soft-gels a day for about 2-3

weeks. A cumulative benefit will be ascertained-and a significant ameilorating over the long haul.

You will want to take them yourself as they are heart health and anti-cancer etc.

Now eat pleant y of health food and broccoli etc,etc, but Your child will immediately benefit

from 200mg (a safe dosage) of niacinamide which id vitamin B-3. This vitamin tones down anxiety,

will relax him and has ample medical journal research correlating it with reducded incidence

of Alzheimers,Parkinson's etc. Don't have him take niacin,which gives You the 10 minute red-faced

histamine flush. A Vitamin B and C comlex with no iron or minerals will complete this.

Be Well,freinds. Please e-mail me at mark25251999@yahoo.com as I can e-mail You some
other info about niacinamide and its role in DNA repair and anti-cancer role,Mark.

Nicotinamide is an inhibitor of sirtuins and has been reported to restore cognition in Alzheimer's disease transgenic mice.[7] A safety study of niacinamide for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease is currently underway at the University of California, Irvine.[8]

Fish oil may help prevent psychotic disorders in high-risk children and adolescents.[61] A novel fish oil known as E-EPA may prevent memory impairment[62] and speed up recovery from major depression[63] There was yet another study on n−3 fatty acids published in the April 2007 Journal of Neuroscience. A group of mice were genetically modified to develop accumulation of amyloid and tau proteins in the brain similar to that seen in people with poor memory. The mice were divided into four groups with one group receiving a typical American diet (with high ratio of n−6 to n−3 fatty acids being 10 to 1). The other three groups were given food with a balanced 1 to 1 n−6 to n−3 ratio and two additional groups supplemented with DHA plus long chain n−6 fatty acids. After three months of feeding, all the DHA supplemented groups were noted to have a lower accumulation of beta amyloid and tau protein. Some research suggests that these abnormal proteins may contribute to the development of memory loss in later years.[64]

There is also a study published regarding n−3 supplementation in children with learning and behavioral problems. This study was published in the April 2007 edition of the Journal of the Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (5), where 132 children, between the ages of seven and twelve years old, with poor learning, participated in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded interventional trial. A total of 104 children completed the trial. For the first fifteen weeks of this study, the children were given polyunsaturated fatty acids (n−3 and n−6, 3000 mg a day), polyunsaturated fatty acids plus multi-vitamins and minerals or placebo. After fifteen weeks, all groups crossed over to the polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) plus vitamins and mineral supplement. Parents were asked to rate their children's condition after fifteen and thirty weeks. After thirty weeks, parental ratings of behavior improved significantly in nine out of fourteen scales. The lead author of the study, Dr. Sinn, indicated the present study is the largest PUFA trial to date with children falling in the poor learning and focus range. The results support those of other studies that have found improvement in poor developmental health with essential fatty acid supplementation.[55][56][60][64][65][66] After completion of Dr. Nathalie Sinn's study, positive results still continued and children's behaviors improved.[67]

A study[68] examining whether omega-3 exerts neuroprotective action in Parkinson's disease found that it did, using an experimental model, exhibit a protective effect (much like it did for Alzheimer's disease as well). The scientists exposed mice to either a control or a high omega-3 diet from two to twelve months of age and then treated them with a neurotoxin commonly used as an experimental model for Parkinson's. The scientists found that high doses of omega-3 given to the experimental group completely prevented the neurotoxin-induced decrease of dopamine that ordinarily occurs. Since Parkinson's is a disease caused by disruption of the dopamine system, this protective effect exhibited could show promise for future research in the prevention of Parkinson's disease.

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