Daily Doses Of Fish Oil Transform Behaviour Of
Disruptive Children.
Fish oils rich in Omega 3 can transform
the behaviour of disruptive children.
Youngsters were calmer and better able to
concentrate after taking daily supplements of omega-3 fatty
acids fish oil for three months.
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They were also less impulsive and kinder
towards their parents, according to the research, which
provides the clearest evidence yet of the benefit children
receive from fish oils.
The findings add to the evidence that
improving children’s nutritional intake can calm their
behaviour and even boost brainpower.
The study involved 20 persistently
disruptive 12 to 15 year olds at Greenfield Community Arts
College County Durham.
Nineteen were assessed as having moderate
or severe attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD).
Nineteen were also judged to have short
attention spans while 18 were highly
impulsive.
By the end of the 12 week trial, the
number showing symptoms of moderate or severe ADHD had
dropped to “6” while only three were severely inattentive
and only six were highly impulsive.
The supplements given
to the children were from Omega-3 and Omega-6 fish oil
extracts.
The results were reported as stunning, the
trials were undertaken with a group of potentially vunerable
students with persistent behavioural difficulties and who
were at risk of exclusion.
By taking the fatty acid supplements,
those aspects of their behaviour, which put them at risk of
exclusion, improved them dramatically.
An earlier trial led by Dr Portwood
studied 6 children aged 8 o 0 months.
They wee selected for the research from
government funded Sure Start children’s centres due to their
challenging behaviour and problems with attention and
concentration.
At the start of the research, almost half
of the children were rated as behaving “poor” or “very poor”
behaviour.
But after receiving supplements, nine of
these youngsters had improved to moderate or good levels of
ratings.
Sixty six per cent of the children at the
beginning of the trial had “poor” or “very poor”
concentration levels but all improved to moderate or good
after five months.
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