Women who are in the throes of menopause can experience a range of debilitating symptoms which can be psychological (e.g. anxiety and/or depression) and/or physical (e.g. hot flushes and night sweats) in nature. Standard conventional medical treatment for the menopause is centred around hormone replacement therapy (HRT). However, concerns about the safety of HRT (it’s
Omega-3 fats found to improve the psychological wellbeing of menopausal women
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19 April 2010
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how much omega 3 per day?
Have you run across much information on the Omega-3 fatty acid ETA. I have been reading quite a bit about it, especially as it relates to autoimmune disease. It seems very promising, but there is not a lot of information out there. Any insight you may have would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Adam
Jeannine,
My fish omega 3 fish oils are 1000mg per capsule and this contains:
EPA 180mg
DHA 120mg
You’d have to have about 6 capsules to get the EPA recommended but then you will be getting more DHA. They must have used another omega 3 source.
Apparently our hunter-gatherer ancestors consumed in the range of 2:3 – 1:1 omega 3 to omega 6 oils in their diets. They would eat animal brains (high in omega 3) and obviously these animals were wild so would naturally have more omega 3 fats and be leaner than today’s indoor reared / cereal fed inactive animals.
I avoid all vegetable oils, except olive oil (which is similar to bone marrow fat in composition). I also avoid industrially produced Trans fatty acids like margarine. And I eat lean meat. Eating brains may not be a good idea considering CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) and I don’t think even Delia could tell how cook that, so I take a dessert spoonful of fish oil daily to help balance things out. We should aim for 2 to 3 grams of EPA and 1 to 2 grams of DHA daily.
Richard, It is important to take vitamin E with the fish oil as it is very volatile and goes off easily causimg free radical damge.
Interesting study. Omega-3 fats are great for many things, but now it’s also good to know that they are helpful for menopausal symptoms. Thanks!
This is a really good article!!! It is very important to take Omega-3 only a daily basics. Since I started taking a very good quailty supplement, I have benefited in so many ways. My skin, hair, and I no longer have pain in my right knee etc.
http://www.omegauser.com