background: it has been shown that serum total homocysteine (hc) is a risk factor for vascular disease which characterizes endothelial damage in the general and in the end-stage renal disease (esrd) population as well. whether n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids decrease homocysteine (hcy) level has been a subject of controversy. methods: renal transplant patients were randomized in 2 groups and re...

We investigated the efficacy of fish oils in Portuguese patients with hypertriglyceridaemia and mixed hyperlipidaemia, and the influence of fish consumption on the triglyceride lowering capacity of fish oils. Forty patients participated in this double-blind study, consisting of a 4-week dietary or wash-out baseline period after which patients were randomly assigned to receive either 12 fish oil...

This study evaluated the suitability of canola and flaxseed oils as source of supplemental dietary lipid for fingerlings of rainbow trout. Triplicate groups of the 30 fingerlings were fed twice daily by iso-nitrogenous, and iso-calorific diets for 8 weeks. Experimental diets consisted of 30.2% protein, 18.6 kJ/g energy and 16.6% lipid from fish oil, canola oil, flaxseed oil, 1:1 blends of fish ...

18 Producing organic fish diets requires that the use of both fish meal and fish oil is minimized 19 and replaced by sustainable, organic sources. The purpose of the present study was to 20 replace fish oil with organic oils and evaluate the effects on feed intake, feed conversion 21 ratio (FCR), daily specific growth rate (SGR) and nutrient digestibility in diets in which fish 22 meal protein ...

As in evaluation of the nutritive value of food articles, Iranian nutritionist used to use the nutritional tables from scientific resources other than the native ones, such differences could be regarded as source of error when the homemade fish oil products are used as a supplement of Vitamin D3 in the recommended diets; however, to clearly address the issue, more study should be conducted on t...

A 58-year-old man’s condition was stable on a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) after 3 major depressive episodes in the previous 10 years. He disliked the idea of taking a drug for a long time and at one point took himself off the SSRI and started taking St. John’s wort. However, the reappearance of symptoms of depression soon persuaded him to resume the SSRI. As discussed in a pre...

DURING a general survey of South African fish oils which is now in progress, it became probable that the considerable variations in the vitamin A content of certain oils were in some way associated with the intensity of feeding of the fish. As it was feasible that such variations might throw some light on the role of vitamin A in fish, a seasonal study was made, over periods of intensive feedin...

Sir, I agree that fish oils administered at high dosage will reduce access thrombosis [1] and that fish oils lower serum triglycerides [2] and so protect against atherosclerosis. However, the evidence that fish oils really benefit patients with glomerulonephritis deserves closer scrutiny. In spite of impressive lymphocyte suppression in mice or in vitro, results accumulated over two decades sho...

The association between fish and fish oils intake and diabetes remains largely unknown. Here we systematically reviewed published articles (clinical trials, prospective cohort studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses) about the effects of intake of fish or fish oils on the development of diabetes. An intake of fish oils seems not to affect insulin sensitivity, insulin secretion, beta-cell ...

conclusions: nigella sativa oil and fish oil were effective in reduction the size of patient’s lesions; however, nigella sativa was more effective in comparison to the fish oil. therefore, using nigella sativa with the major drugs in the treatment of vitiligo is recommended. background: vitiligo is one of the autoimmune skin diseases that destroy the melanocytes of the skin. moreover, its preva...