The winner in CAM for 2007
Omega-3 fatty acids, of course
There’s so much good stuff it’s hard to know where to start.
Here’s a list of positive study results from this year.
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- Colon cancer here and here
- Baby’s health here and here when pregnant mums take omega-3
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Autism
- Depression here and here
- Suicide and self-harm
- Crohn’s disease
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Phenylketonuria
- High blood pressure
- Heart disease in diabetics
- Joint pain associated with rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and dysmenorrhea
The bottom line?
Much of this is preliminary research and nobody should consider taking omega-3 fatty acids as a primary treatment for any of them.
But the number of positive research being published using essentially cod live oil is impressive. Let’s look forward to further advances.
12/22/07 20:06 JR