As a public health nurse in the 1960s, my mother cared for many unwed, pregnant teenagers. As I was growing up, she gave me the impression that “just looking at a boy” would land me in the same boat. My attitude changed in medical school while I was working at a fertility clinic. During this
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Back when my daughter was in middle school, my husband Bo and I gave a lecture to her science class about how omega-3s work in the body. To my then 12-year-old daughter’s embarrassment, we didn’t shy away from mentioning how these fatty acids influence fertility and pregnancy. Over a decade later, a flood of new
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In 2012, we released our first series of blogs on the rampant rancid fish oil problem within the omega-3 industry. Since then, freshness has thankfully become a recognized topic, cropping up everywhere from the New York Times to the latest GOED summits. Freshness should be a trending consumer conversation. Recent research demonstrates the superiority of
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock recently, you’ve probably heard a thing or two about the microbiome — you know, the 1.5 kg community of microbes living in and on you. The microbiome is currently a hot health topic, receiving plenty of attention for its role in regulating disease. While it’s an exciting frontier
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The sperm count in Western men has dropped by 50% since the 1970s, according to a recent report. This is a scary statistic, especially if you are in my boat and hoping to have grandchildren someday. What exactly is driving this decline in fertility is a hotly debated topic, and likely a number of milieu
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In the late 1990s research studies from Norway and the U.S. pointed out that fatty acids from fish, like EPA and DHA, played a crucial role in the neurological development of unborn babies. It is now speculated that these fishy fats can also reduce the risk of allergies (1). The mechanism of action is still
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Last weekend, I attended a wedding. After the ceremony, I happened to talk with a specialist at a large fertility clinic in Oslo, Norway. She had heard about my expertise in the area of omega-3 fish oil, and of course, I took the opportunity to extol the virtues of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in terms of
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