Some amazing claims have been made in the past few weeks about the health benefits of eating oily fish or fish oil – and all from erious and autharatitive medical organisations.
Its role in reducing heart attacks is already well known, but a series of other key studies have shown that it can not only dramatically reduces the risk of young people developing psychosis or schizophrenia, and can even act as an anti ageing aid.
The mental illness discovery is brand new. Australian psychiatrist Paul Amminger from the University of Melbourne said the results of his research him. He now believes doctors should now consider fish oil as a genuine alternative to expensive and more risky anti-psychotic drugs when a young patient is showing early signs of mental illness. And he believes the oil's omega-3 fatty acids might help prevent depression and drug abuse.
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