Post 1485 sites a study using 3grams a day of a fish/evening primrose
oil mix.

Post 1423 has a link to an article that is a review of several
studies. The study using 345mg per day showed no results because
the dose was too low. Successful studies were done using 3-15 grams
per day.

Nachum

--- In ADD_ADHD_LD@yahoogroups.com, Louise Adler <mickya@...> wrote:
>
> Why do these reports never mention the doses given for omega -3?
> Louise
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nachum
> To: ADD_ADHD_LD@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:44 PM
> Subject: [ADD_ADHD_LD] Fish oil test shows improvements in
behaviour
>
>
> Hot off the electrons-
> Here is an excellent, excellent study.
> An interesting statistic here is how it says non-physical
incidents
> doubled. It seems to me that many of what would have been a
physical
> incident (112 down to 36) was reduced in intensity to a non-
physical
> incident(15 up to 29).
> Kol Tuv
> Nachum
>
> Fish oil test shows improvements in behaviour
>
> NORWICH, UK: Results of a study on the impact of diet and eye q
(TM)
> fish oil supplements on pupils at Eaton Hall Special School in
> Norwich were published on October 31 and indicated a marked
> improvement in behaviour.
>
> Twenty-eight pupils aged 10-16 at the Norfolk County Council
special
> school in Norwich completed the six-month open plan study, which
saw
> them being given a healthy and balanced diet alongside the eye q
(TM)
> fish oil supplement on a daily basis, between January and June
this
> year.
>
> Eaton Hall in Norwich is Norfolk County Council's specialist
school
> for boys with severe behavioural, social and emotional
difficulties
> and includes day pupils and boarders. All have statements of
special
> educational needs, and been excluded or involved in a managed
move
> from another school. They are diagnosed with various disorders
> including autism, Asperger's syndrome, attention deficit Disorder
> (ADD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and
pervasive
> developmental disorder.
>
> The assessments were highly detailed and in-depth, with a range
of
> data available for individual children. Staff already monitor the
> behaviour of pupils in a systematic way, building up a daily
record
> of progress and behaviour. All pupils also have individual
diaries to
> record their progress and behaviour. The impact of the study was
> anaylsed by comparing previous information with that gathered
during
> the study.
>
> The health programme included changes to the school meals
prepared
> and served at Eaton Hall. The cook, Helen Clarke, introduced
meals
> with reduced salt, transfatty acids, sugar, preservatives and
> additives, giving pupils a wider range of healthy eating options.
>
> Lisa Christensen, Norfolk County Council's Director of Children's
> Services, said: "This is the first time that a study of this size
> just on children with behavioural, emotional and social
difficulties
> has been carried out. It was a unique opportunity, because there
was
> already detailed information about individual pupils' behaviour
from
> before the changes in their diet and the introduction of the
> supplements.
>
> "The results show a fall in the number of times pupils were
involved
> in incidents where they had to be physically managed because of
their
> behaviour, with by far the biggest fall amongst those pupils who
> previously had to be physically managed the most. It's just one
study
> on the impact of healthy diets and omega-3 and omega-6, but it is
> encouraging and we want to share the results with others as part
of
> the debate."
>
> During the six months before the healthy diet and supplementation
> began, there were 112 recorded incidents of physical management
and
> 15 non-physical incidents amongst the 28 pupils. During the six-
month
> health programme, there were 36 recorded physical management and
29
> non-physical incidents amongst the same 28 pupils.
>
> There was a 49 per cent reduction in total incidents (managed and
non-
> physical) compared with the previous period, a 68 percent
reduction
> in physically managed incidents, while non-physical incidents
nearly
> doubled.
>
> The biggest impact was on pupils who were previously involved in
the
> highest number of incidents. The three pupils who saw the biggest
> change saw reductions in both physically managed and non-physical
> incidents of 94 per cent, 40 per cent and even a fall from 10
> physically managed incidents to no incidents at all.
>
> "These statistics suggests that, as a result of the new health
> programme and supplements, the children were able to control
their
> anger better, so while outbursts still occurred, they were less
> extreme, requiring minimal physical intervention from a teacher,"
> said Lianne Quantrill, the project co-ordinator at the school.
>
> Valerie Moore, headteacher at Eaton Hall School, who had been
> instrumental in setting up the study with Equazen, who produce
the
> supplement, said: "This was a worthwhile study. For some
children, it
> made a positive difference. Even if it had only helped one child,
it
> would still have been worthwhile. Within the wide and varied
> behaviour modification methods we use at Eaton Hall School, this
was
> another strategy well worth exploring."
>
> Staff at the school also took the supplements, to encourage the
> children to take theirs and see if they feel any benefits too,
> although they were not part of the study.
>
> Other information from the six-month study was also compared with
the
> six months leading up to the study. School attendance improved by
6
> per cent overall, and by 12 per cent for the year group with the
most
> pupils taking part in the study. The number of students awarded
> commendations went up by 38 per cent. The year group with the
highest
> overall number of sanctions saw a 27 per cent fall.
>
> This was an open-plan study, which is different to a scientific
> study: there was no placebo or control group.
>
> Physically managed incidents are the positive application of
force to
> safeguard people and property. The definition is taken from
www.team-
> teach.co.uk. If staff have physically to manage a pupil. It is
> primarily to prevent them harming themselves or others, damaging
> property or prejudicing good order.
>
> eye q(TM) is a combination of omega-3 marine fish oil and omega-6
> virgin, organic evening primrose oil. The fish oil is naturally
high
> in EPA, a functional fatty acid that helps the brain send
messages
> between cells and has been shown in research to improve memory,
mood,
> concentration and behaviour. The fish oil in eye q(TM) is pressed
> from the flesh of sardines and pilchards harvested for their high
> levels of EPA. Special care is taken to leave the oil in its most
> natural bio-available form, so the fatty acids are easily
absorbed by
> the body. The oil is from fish living in southern oceans known to
> have very low pollution levels. Each batch is independently
tested
> and always found to be in full compliance with the stringent
European
> Community and World Health Organisation guidelines for levels of
PCBs
> and dioxins.
>
> (Source: PRNewswire, October 31, 2006)
>
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