Re: has anyone seen this article?/ Geng

[Guest guest]

Traci/ Lynn and everyone

Here is a copy and paste for a different report of the same story:

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Tuesday, May 14, 2002

<A HREF= " http://www.theherald.co.uk/ " >http://www.theherald.co.uk/</A>

Nutrition capsules help children learn

ALAN MacDERMID

CHILDREN with learning difficulties have shown remarkable

improvements in their abilities after taking food supplements as part

of a major trial.

Preliminary results yesterday indicated that reading

ability had improved by the equivalent of two years - and in one case

four - after children had taken the supplements for 12 weeks.

Children at 13 primary schools are in the middle of being

assessed over a six-months period to analyse the effect of dietary

supplements - mainly fish and plant extracts - on concentration and

learning levels.

A total of 120 children aged six to 11, are taking part

in the study, which is already showing signs that food supplements

bring enormous benefits for those blighted by neuro-developmental

disorders such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, attention deficiency

hyper-activity (ADHA) disorder, and autistic spectrum disorders.

Half of the pupils are being given daily supplements, the

other half receiving a placebo. Neither group is aware of which it is

taking.

The study is being conducted in primary schools across

County Durham by a research team headed by Madelaine Portwood, a

senior educational psychologist with Durham County Council.

It is based on the belief that deficiencies in fatty

acids can cause serious learning difficulties which owe more to a

child's metabolism than their neurological condition.

Analysis at the halfway stage of the study has shown

remarkable advances among some children - believed to be taking the

supplements - while others, expected to be taking the placebo, have

not shown any real improvement.

Dr Portwood said: " This really is a major landmark study

which could make a real difference. The signs are very encouraging. "

The project has also shown significant lifestyle

improvements for children who have benefited from greater confidence.

Dr Portwood said: " The children's social skills seem to

be improving because they are more confident. They are becoming more

socially interactive and perhaps this increases the motivation to

learn. "

The study is being funded by the Dyslexia Research Trust

and the supplements are being provided by Equazen Nutraceuticals.

There is a possibility that the study could be widened to

children of ordinary learning ability and to adults.

Dr Portwood said she was taking the food supplements -

which contain fish oil as a source of omega 3, evening primrose oil

and vitamin A - and has noticed a marked improvement in her own

10-year-old son since he started taking the capsules.

Previous attempts to link supplements to improvements in

" normal " children's intelligence have been controversial,

particularly when they have led to ambitious parents buying expensive

vitamin pills.

But the role of certain fatty acids in brain development

has more scientific credibility, and has reinforced the value of

breast-feeding.

The latest findings also come on the heels of a study by

Dr Gordon Bell, a Stirling University biochemist, showing that

nutritional supplements based on fish oils could alleviate some of

the symptoms and behavioural problems associated with autism.

Dr Bell said he had found that two-thirds of children

with autistic spectrum disorders showed signs of fatty acid

deficiency.

Tests purporting to show that vitamin pills could improve

the intelligence of normal children were debunked in 1990 by a trial

which showed that there was no difference in the way both sets

performed reasoning tests.

- May 14th

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This report has no trouble naming the manufacturer as equazen

(www.equazen.com) and the producy will be eye q. I again *swear* I am not

connected to them in any way, just a satsfied customer.

So before you ask here is what it says on the Eye Q label:

" Typical Nutrition Information per daily intake (2 capsules)

EPA 186mg

DHA 58mg

GLA 20mg

Natural Vitamin E 3.2mg

Ingredients: Hi-EPA Fish Oil, Evening Primrose Oil, capsule shell (gelatin,

glycerol), Vitamin E (as D alpha totpheryl acetate). "

London UK

In a message dated 5/31/2002 18:38:52 PM GMT Daylight Time,

roddyt001@... writes:

> I thought this article was interesting in that it mentioned high epa

> omega 3 supplement. Is there any way to find out the supplements

> name to find out the ratio or DHA and EPA? I wonder if it has more

> epa than ProEFA? Maybe this is why is having success w/ adding

> some of the EPA to Tanner's ProEFA. - do you add a little EPA

> for each ProEFA you give Tanner or just a little for the whole day?

>

> Traci

>

>

> >

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1985000/1985548.st

> m

> >

> > I was given this link off another web page, that happens to have a

> lot children with DSI and a few other things.

> >

> > Lynn

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I thought this article was interesting in that it mentioned high epa

omega 3 supplement. Is there any way to find out the supplements

name to find out the ratio or DHA and EPA? I wonder if it has more

epa than ProEFA? Maybe this is why is having success w/ adding

some of the EPA to Tanner's ProEFA. - do you add a little EPA

for each ProEFA you give Tanner or just a little for the whole day?

Traci

--- In @y..., Lynn McClendon <mamapudd@s...>

wrote:

>

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1985000/1985548.st

m

>

> I was given this link off another web page, that happens to have a

lot children with DSI and a few other things.

>

> Lynn

>

>

>