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