Help Your Baby Fight Colds

It’s been a while since I’ve had a cold… due, in part, 

to all the clean living I’ve been doing. In fact, I can’t

pinpoint exactly when it was that I had my last cold, 

or flu. It had to be before I started my rigorous plan 

to lose all my flubber and stopped buying XXLTommy 

Bahama shirts at Beams and Struts. 

I can tell you that the last thing a surgeon wants in the

Pediatrics magazine has just published a study that

says moms-to-be can reduce the risk for their little

ones getting sick by taking fish oil supplements. Add

that to the list of growing benefits for taking fish oil on

a regular basis. 

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In the study, researchers at Emory University report 

that women taking 400 mg of DHA, an omega-3 fatty 

acid found in fish oil, helped their newborns to fight off

cold symptoms, such as coughing, nasal congestion

and runny noses. The cold fighting effects lasted for 

about six months. 

Researchers at the University of Connecticut School

of Nursing have found that fish oil may also prevent

symptoms of post partum depression. The research 

team found that women, who took fish oil supplements 

during their pregnancy, had fewer signs of post partum

depression than women who did not.

One of the theories about post partum depression is 

that omega-3 fatty acids are shunted from the mother

to the fetus, during the third trimester, which is good

for the fetus, but leaves the mother with a deficit.

One of the reasons for the study was that fish oil has

been shown to improve depression symptoms, in general,

even among women who aren’t pregnant. In the trial, 

researchers used 200 mg of DHA daily, which was 

thought to be double the amount most women got 

normally (50-100 mg, without supplementation).

This study is going to be expanded on a much larger 

scale. Research has already shown that omega-3 fatty

acids can enhance the signals that nerve cells use to 

communicate in brain networks. 

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So put down that Snickers bar and get some of my

Powerhouse Omega Formula. It doesn’t taste as good

as a Snickers bar, but it has literally hundreds of benefits, 

whereas a Snickers bar only has one.

I’ll be back tomorrow with more.

With my best wishes for your optimum health,

Dr. Bill