by OmegaQuant | Jan 21, 2021 | Brain Health, Cognitive Health, EPA & DHA, Omega-3 Index, Omega-3s, Research
Would it surprise you to know that an estimated 189 million American adults forged into 2021 armed with New Year’s resolutions? These optimists started the year with the best intentions to improve their lives, making secret pinky-swear promises with themselves,...
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 | 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 OmegaQuant | 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 OmegaQuant | 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...
