Fatty acids help children read better

The daily intake of omega-3 helps children who have problems with reading. That is the conclusion drawn by researchers from the University of Oxford.

If a child can not read, parents and teachers, as a rule, try to get him to read more and more. Which leads to the fact that the kid finally loses interest in the process of being drawn more and more computer and TV. Child psychologists believe that the child should be of interest to the book. A therapeutic assistance in this matter, as it turned out, may have a fatty acid.

Oxford researchers gave 362 children aged 7 to 9 years, 600 mg capsules Omega-3 for 16 weeks. In general, no significant effect on children's health supplementation did not have. But it turned out that kids who read worse than others, these skills have improved. And they marked the most significant progress than all the other children.

"The results of our study show that a daily intake of supplements containing Omega-3 Improves the ability of children to read and help them catch up with other peers on this issue - said study author Dr. Alex Richardson. - This is a new argument in favor of taking these supplements. Previously, science had already received confirmation that the omega-3 to help children suffering from the syndrome of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia and dyspraxia. But this is the first study to show a positive result among the most common of a large group of schoolchildren. "

However, other scientists do not support the results of this conclusion. "They are 16 weeks manipulated the brains of children involved in the study, many times drive them through various tests. Naturally, some of the children began to read better after that, "- said Michael Crawford, from Imperial College London.

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