Seafood ChoiCeS

Seafood Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks
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APPENDIX B
Amount Results Conclusion**
Supplement group:
186 mg EPA/day,
480 mg DHA/day,
96 mg GLA/day, 60
IU vitamin E/day,
864 mg LA/day,
42 mg AA/day,
8 mg thyme oil/day
Placebo:
Olive oil
At 3 months, the mean psychosomatic ADHD subscale,
mean Conners’ ADHD index score, and mean
DSM inattention score were significantly lower in
the supplemented group than in the placebo group
(p=0.05, p=0.03, p=0.05, respectively).
At 12 weeks, the improvements were significantly
greater for the supplemented group compared
to the placebo group for the cognitive problems
(p=0.01), the anxious/shy subscales (p=0.04), and
the Conners’ index global scale (p=0.02).
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