Omega 3 Intake Found in Fish Oils Reduces Your Stress Levels

The BBC Health Team (including Colin Jackson) investigate recent study of stress and found there are components in oily fish, part of a group of fatty acids called Omega 3, that may improve the way we cope with stress in our daily busy life.

The BBC Health Team (including Colin Jackson) investigate recent study of stress and found there are components in oily fish, part of a group of fatty acids called Omega 3, that may improve the way we cope with stress in our daily busy life. There test subject were London Cabbies - “famed for suffering the consequences of irate customers if they fail to meet expectations”

They took London cabbies and fed them on a diet of four portions of oily fish a week for 12 weeks.

They were tested before and after the 12 weeks to see what affect the increased intake of oily fish had on their stress levels and memory.

After the diet test they have found that there visualization-based memory had also improved significantly, Omega 3 is believed to help with them significantly.

Their stress hormone as a whole was down by 22% and their anti-stress hormone up by 12%.

But still further studies needed to be undergone.

But still further studies needed to be undergone. Click here To read the entire story: The London Cabbies Stress Experiment.

P.S. Women who are pregnant should try and avoid fish which may contain high levels of mercury - www.cfsan.fda.gov.