Omega3
Boosts Toddlers Brainpower
By
Ross Bridgeford
18th
July 2005
Omega3 supplementation can greatly improve the behaviour and
development of pre-school children according to a new UK study.
Over a period of just six weeks, children as young as 20 months
old have demonstrated a transformation in behaviour and learning
when they were given a daily dose of Omega3.
The benefits of omega3 oils have been widely known and researched
for many years with benefits for adults, older children and young
offenders being proven without doubt. However, this is the first
time that the benefits of omega oils have been researched on
pre-school children.
The Durham-based study
has generated keen interest, with the interim results being
publicised in the
Observer, and support
being shown by Professor Robert Winston of Imperial College London.
Winston comments that ‘The data has been extremely impressive…the
evidence is getting ever stronger that children who have diets
poor in omega3 are not achieving their natural potential’.
The study is being lead
by Dr Madelene Portwood of the Durham Local Education Authority
and the Durham
Sure Start trial. ‘The
performance of almost 60 per cent of the children has improved
dramatically…some two-year-olds went from having a vocabulary
of 25 single words to being able to use whole sentences while
others were able to sit down and concentrate for the first time
in their lives’.
The children have been assessed on their reading skills, IQ,
spelling, behaviour and motor skills and the findings of the
study have also shown a greatly improved bonding between the
parents and the children as well as a huge reduction in the symptoms
associated with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder.
Sources:
www.observer.co.uk
www.equazen.com
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