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Omega-3 fatty acids may reduce anxiety symptoms
19 September 2011
A daily omega-3 fatty acid supplementation may reduce symptoms of anxiety by about 20%, says a new US study.
25 August 2011
A daily dose of niacin may help men with high cholesterol and erectile dysfunction, a new Chinese study suggests.
In the randomized controlled trial, 160 men with high cholesterol and moderate to severe erectile dysfunction (ED) were randomly assigned to receive up to 1,500 mg oral niacin daily or placebo for 12 weeks (1). The study results showed that the men who took niacin reported an improvement in their ability to maintain an erection. In addition, their lipid levels improved. The placebo group did not have a change in symptoms.
The researchers commented that the study only included men who had high lipid levels as well as ED, so it would be not clear whether niacin has an effect in patients who have only ED. In patients with atheroscle-rosis, which is the accumulation of fats along blood vessel walls, niacin is known to improve both cholesterol and lipid levels. So it would be no surprise that niacin also helps ED, because atherosclerosis and ED have similar causes: both can be caused by inflammation of blood vessels, the scientists said.
19 September 2011
A daily omega-3 fatty acid supplementation may reduce symptoms of anxiety by about 20%, says a new US study.
28 August 2018
Conflicts, natural disasters and epidemics create nutritional emergencies that can be difficult to solve. Access to nutrient-rich food is crucial to people affected by conflicts and disasters. Learn more about emergency foods and ready-to-eat therapeutic foods and how they are used.
1 June 2014
Vitamin E acts as powerful oxygen radical scavenger particularly in the lipid bilayer of the cell membrane. Human vitamin E deficiency symptoms include anemia and peripheral neuropathy.