1. Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake and Incidence of Depression
A certain group of essential and safe oils have great therapeutic value for the treatment of bipolar disorders.1 Fish oils contain fatty acids in the omega-3 category such as eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, which have the potential to treat not only bipolar disorders, but also depression.1 Increased occurrence of depressive disorders over the last decades in Western countries has been linked with reduced consumption of PUFA, which stands for polyunsaturated fatty acids and are long chain fatty acids that have two or more carbon to carbon double bonds.2 Omega-3 fatty acids ar...
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