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Feeling better: omega-3's - Tim Lundeen My Real Name

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How do you manage your blood sugar for optimum health and to reduce weight?

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Benfotiamine is a fat-soluble B vitamin that has been used to treat diabetic complications. When I tried it, I had problems with my weight and my blood-sugar regulation that have not been reported in any of the studies I've seen.

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If you only do one thing for your health and well-being, make sure you get enough omega-3's...

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I wrote an article about omega-3 yesterday, and I wanted to give some background for my recommendations...

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Outstanding book on controlling high blood sugar, or preventing it if you don't already have it.

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New research shows that people can become depressed as a result of illness and inflammation. This might be one of the reasons that fish oil (omega-3's) help treat depression.

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Diabetes and omega-3's

By Tim Lundeen My Real Name

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Published: 25 October 2007 04:47 pm

SAN FRANCISCO ca 94107 USA

- A recent study showed that kids with high risk of getting diabetes did better when they got more omega-3's. Science News summarizes this:

Children who consumed the most omega-3 fatty acids—commonly found in fish, some nuts, and plant oils—were less likely to make the antibodies than were children with low intakes, the researchers report in the Sept. 26 Journal of the American Medical Association. Children whose red blood cell membranes showed high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids were also less likely to have the antibodies, says study coauthor Jill M. Norris, a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver.

So, another point in favor of the theory that omega-3 deficiency might be a factor in developing insulin resistance and diabetes. In this case, it could be because omega-3's reduce inflamation, which reduces the chances of the immune system attacking insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.

Full JAMA article is here: Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Intake and Islet Autoimmunity in Children at Increased Risk for Type 1 Diabetes

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