by OmegaQuant | Jan 14, 2021 | Brain Health, Cognitive Health, Mental Health, Omega-3 Index, Omega-3s, Research
Like so many of us, you may look to January as an opportunity for new beginnings, a way to banish all the bad habits you picked up the year before—to bag the chips and dips in favor of recommitting to veggies, fruits and healthy fats like omega-3s; to find the...
by OmegaQuant | Jan 6, 2021 | Brain Health, EPA & DHA, Mother's Milk DHA Testing, Omega-3 Index, Omega-3s, Prenatal DHA
To start off 2021, we are bringing you the most popular blogs of 2020. Some were not surprising, and yet others were a bit unexpected. Given the unprecedented events of last year, perhaps the swings in popular content should not be all that shocking. In order of...
by Miguel Rodriguez | Dec 22, 2020 | EPA & DHA, Heart Health, Omega-3 Index, Omega-3s, Research, Vitamin D
For our last blog of the year, we decided to look back at a few important developments that impacted omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D in 2020. First, it would be foolish to put together a review of 2020 without mentioning COVID-19. We will talk about the potential...
by Miguel Rodriguez | Dec 7, 2020 | Mental Health, Omega-3 Index, Omega-3s, Vitamin D
As some of us enter the winter months, the level of available sunlight will drop dramatically and with that people’s natural production of vitamin D, a nutrient that has received widespread global attention since COVID-19 reared its ugly head earlier this year. We at...
by Miguel Rodriguez | Nov 18, 2020 | Brain Health, Cognitive Health, EPA & DHA, Mental Health, Omega-3 Index, Omega-3s, Prenatal DHA
In this week’s blog, we are going to provide one of the most comprehensive roundups of how omega-3 levels (i.e. Omega-3 Index) in the blood (and brain!) relate to the insidious mental health disorder of depression. Small or large, all of the studies we are going to...
by Miguel Rodriguez | Nov 2, 2020 | Vitamin D
Vitamin D holds a special place among most nutrients because it is both a vitamin found in many foods and supplements, as well as a hormone that your body makes in response to the sun. Its story has also evolved considerably over the years from being a supporting...
by Miguel Rodriguez | Oct 21, 2020 | Brain Health, Cognitive Health, EPA & DHA, Omega-3 Index, Omega-3s, Prenatal DHA
New research published earlier this month showed that children might have a different target Omega-3 Index vs. adults. The target Omega-3 Index for adults is 8%, while this new research suggests that 6% is the optimal level for kids, especially when looking at the...
by Miguel Rodriguez | Oct 15, 2020 | EPA & DHA, Heart Health, Omega-3 Index, Omega-3s, Research
We’ve talked about dosage many times in this blog, along with the differences between certain types of omega-3s like EPA, DHA and ALA. It is important to point out that while we at OmegaQuant believe dosage is important, knowing your Omgea-3 Index is even more so....
by Miguel Rodriguez | Oct 7, 2020 | Brain Health, Omega-3 Index, Omega-3s, Prenatal DHA, Research
Think back to your childhood for a minute. Do you remember your classmate—likely more than one—who was taunted in the school cafeteria, who sat by himself on the bleachers during recess, and who the other children called names like “fatty” and “pig face?” If it...
by OmegaQuant | Oct 1, 2020 | EPA & DHA, Omega-3 Index, Omega-3s, Research
If the Omega-3 Index is not just a biomarker, but also an important risk factor, then what are the things that influence its levels? Well, OmegaQuant’s Dr. Harris and other researchers now know that to some extent how much omega-3 EPA and DHA we eat does control it...
