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It’s a terrible illness, depression. Those who suffer from it are on a constant treadmill of visits to health professionals, pharmaceuticals and ups and downs. The good news is that evidence is mounting that something as simple as increasing Omega 3 cures depression, or at the least there is a link between increasing Omega 3 and depression relief.

In the 1990s researchers started to discover a pattern. Societies that had higher rates of seafood intake had lower rates of depression and vice versa. Higher intake of seafood means a higher intake of Omega 3 fats.

And following that various studies were undertaken that have now confirmed a strong link between higher Omega 3 intake and lower depression. Of course there is always more to be studied, but to date results are very encouraging.

But there is always more work to be done. Each study raises more questions, like what specific conditions are affected, what dose should be taken, how the intake of Omega 3 can affect current pharmaceuticals that sufferers are taking and so on.

But there is good news right now for depression sufferers. Those who have depression know that there can be strong and negative side effects from taking many of the traditional anti depressants commonly prescribed. But there are no observed negative side effects from increasing the intake of Omega 3 fats, and there are other positive health benefits.

In fact there is very strong evidence that taking a daily supplement of fish oil is good for a wide range of health problems. No lesser an authority than the American Heart Association recommends eating at least 2 meals of fish purely for the positive health effects of the fish oil on the heart. Or taking fish oil supplements.

There is strong evidence showing a wide range of heart health benefits from taking fish oil through increasing the amount of fish in the diet or by fish oil supplements. To date there are no credible reports of negative side effects from increasing the intake of fish oil, only positive health benefits.

But there is one fly in the ointment. Tests now show that fish in our oceans are not as clean as we may assume. They are contaminated with small amounts of heavy metals and PCBs and mercury, and that some in particular should not be eaten too often.

But again there is good news. The very best fish oil supplements are completely clean, undergoing an extremely effective decontamination process and have no detectable levels of these contaminants, so we can safely take daily supplements of Omega 3 fatty acids.

So if you suffer from depression it would seem that there is now an extremely strong link between an improvement in the condition and your fish oil intake. And as Omega 3 is so good for you in so many other ways you’ve got nothing to lose from increasing your intake, other than, perhaps, your depression.

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