You notice I continually refer to “high-EPA fish oil.” By this, I mean a fish-derived concentrate whereby eicosapentaenoic acid is its predominant component. Current research on depression, chronic fatigue syndrome and children’s behavior suggests that not only is it important to have a greater concentration of EPA, but it is equally important to have as […]
You may be wondering just what it is about EPA that makes it so special. Here I’ll do my best to explain:
EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) is a major component of fish oil. A long-chain Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, EPA contains 20 carbons and 5 double bonds. EPA is also known as EPA; C20: 5n-3 and cis-5, […]
A few years prior to the publication of the Durham-Oxford Trial results, Dr. Andrew Stoll published The Omega-3 Connection. I discovered this book after coming across a few mentions of Stoll’s research on Dr. Alex Richardson’s Food and Behavior Research site.
A brief descrption, courtesy of Amazon.com:
Ground-breaking research provides an exciting new approach to treating the […]