Re: supplementing EPA - Dr Gordon Bell

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What I'd really like to know is whether there is a way of giving these that

doesn't send my very sensitive son doo-lally. I've tried so many different

brands but they all make him react.

Or alternatively, just how much fish etc would he have to eat to get it in food?

Has anyone found any solutions to this kind of problem?

Kate

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> INCREASE OMEGA 3 FATS

> Deficiencies in essential fats are common in people with autism6.

> Research by Dr Gordon Bell at Stirling University has shown that some

autistic

> children have an enzymatic defect that removes essential fats from brain cell

> membranes more quickly than it should. This means that an autistic child is

> likely to need a higher intake of essential fats than the average. And it

> has been found that supplementing EPA, which can slow the activity of the

> defective enzyme, has clinically improved behaviour, mood, imagination,

> spontaneous speech, sleep patterns and focus of autistic children7,8.

> Where’s _the evidence_

> (http://www.foodforthebrain.org/content.asp?id_Content=488) ? Enter

‘omegas’ and ‘autism’ into the search field for a

> summary of studies that demonstrate the effect of essential fats on autism.

> Side effects? Rarely causes loose stools in sensitive individuals if you

> start on too high a dose.

> Contraindications with medication? Essential fats may have a ‘

> blood-thinning’ effect and should not be mixed with ‘blood thinning’

medication.

> See _action plan_

> (http://www.foodforthebrain.org/content.asp?id_Content=1642) for our

recommendations.

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