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Omega 4 LifestyleOmega 3 supplements can ease depressive symptoms of menopause - Researchers at Universite Laval's Faculty of Medicine published the results of a study tin The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition which presented evidence that omega 3 supplements are effective for teating common menopause related depressive symptoms.
Dr Micel Lucas recruited 120 women age 40-55 and divided them into two groups. The first group took three omega 3 supplements daily containing one gram of EPA and the other took capsules containing sunflower oil without EPA
Results indicated that the omega 3 supplements significantly improved the symptoms of mild depression and distress. Also women that had hot flashes also noted that their condition improved after taking the omega 3 supplements.
Source: Eurekalert
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