Comments on: Brain Food http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:04:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Tom M http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-141326 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:16:17 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-141326 Today I Googled 'Omega 3 dreams' as, since I began taking Omega 3 fish oil tablets four days ago I have had the most astonishingly vivid dreams. I am an artist and illustrator and have always had vivid colorful dreams but very rarely anything like these. Three in a row just before dawn. Since Omega 3 is the only change in my diet I wondered if there might be a connection. Sad to read they might end soon. Oh well. Today I Googled ‘Omega 3 dreams’ as, since I began taking Omega 3 fish oil tablets four days ago I have had the most astonishingly vivid dreams. I am an artist and illustrator and have always had vivid colorful dreams but very rarely anything like these. Three in a row just before dawn. Since Omega 3 is the only change in my diet I wondered if there might be a connection. Sad to read they might end soon. Oh well.

]]> by: ShackDaddy http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-134465 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:47:21 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-134465 I just started taking a couple of Omega-3 capsules a day for mood last week, and the first three nights afterward I woke up completely remembering vivid dreams. That never happens to me. In the past I've known that I must have dreamed, but never remember anything. I didn't have vivid dreams again after those first three nights, even though I've continued to take the capsules, so there must be some sort of initial spike that happens to cause that. I just started taking a couple of Omega-3 capsules a day for mood last week, and the first three nights afterward I woke up completely remembering vivid dreams. That never happens to me. In the past I’ve known that I must have dreamed, but never remember anything. I didn’t have vivid dreams again after those first three nights, even though I’ve continued to take the capsules, so there must be some sort of initial spike that happens to cause that.

]]> by: Seth’s blog » Blog Archive » Omega-3 and Dental Health http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-4479 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:39:28 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-4479 [...] This research means better gums is very good news — for which I thank SLD-forum posters, who sparked my interest in omega-3. [...] […] This research means better gums is very good news — for which I thank SLD-forum posters, who sparked my interest in omega-3. […]

]]> by: Cathy W http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-2884 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:15:23 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-2884 I just tried googling it again ... your website actually comes up on the 4th page of results. Thanks for your response to my post. I had more of my vivid dreams last night, and I guess I will just enjoy it while it lasts! I just tried googling it again … your website actually comes up on the 4th page of results.

Thanks for your response to my post. I had more of my vivid dreams last night, and I guess I will just enjoy it while it lasts!

]]> by: seth http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-2817 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:45:21 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-2817 I think I had much more vivid dreams at first -- when I started drinking flaxseed oil. But now the effect has gone away. I tried googling flaxseed oil and dreams and didn't get my website. Did you google flaxseed oil and sleep? I think I had much more vivid dreams at first — when I started drinking flaxseed oil. But now the effect has gone away.

I tried googling flaxseed oil and dreams and didn’t get my website. Did you google flaxseed oil and sleep?

]]> by: Cathy W http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-2816 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:55:45 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-2816 I was just googling flaxseed oil and dreams, and found your website. I have started taking flaxseed oil, and have found an unexpected pleasant side effect in the vivid dreams that I have been experiencing. I recently was away on travel and didn't take my flaxseed oil with me and I didn't have any of these dreams (or that I could remember) while I was away. I didn't immeditately begin taking the flaxseed oil when I got home as my new little habit had been interrupted, but when I started taking it again yesterday, I had a dreamfilled night last night! Of course this is not scientific but I do believe I have discovered a correlation between the flaxseed oil and either increased dreams or the ability to recall them. I was just googling flaxseed oil and dreams, and found your website.

I have started taking flaxseed oil, and have found an unexpected pleasant side effect in the vivid dreams that I have been experiencing. I recently was away on travel and didn’t take my flaxseed oil with me and I didn’t have any of these dreams (or that I could remember) while I was away. I didn’t immeditately begin taking the flaxseed oil when I got home as my new little habit had been interrupted, but when I started taking it again yesterday, I had a dreamfilled night last night! Of course this is not scientific but I do believe I have discovered a correlation between the flaxseed oil and either increased dreams or the ability to recall them.

]]> by: Seth’s blog » Blog Archive » Omega-3 Greatest Hits http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-1576 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:21:19 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-1576 [...] Background why I became interested historical background [...] […] Background why I became interested historical background […]

]]> by: Seth’s blog » Blog Archive » Science in Action: Omega-3 (balance results) http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-549 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:41:27 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-549 [...] Because many SLD dieters reported better sleep, I wondered if omega-3 improved sleep. I increased my omega-3 intake by switching from olive oil, which has little omega-3, to walnut oil and flaxseed oil, which have much more — especially flaxseed oil. The amount of oil stayed roughly the same. The night after the change, my sleep got better. To my surprise, so did my balance. The next morning, I found I could more easily put on my shoes while standing up. I had been putting on my shoes standing up for 2-3 years and it had never been this easy. (I put on my shoes standing up because I thought it might improve my balance.) [...] […] Because many SLD dieters reported better sleep, I wondered if omega-3 improved sleep. I increased my omega-3 intake by switching from olive oil, which has little omega-3, to walnut oil and flaxseed oil, which have much more — especially flaxseed oil. The amount of oil stayed roughly the same. The night after the change, my sleep got better. To my surprise, so did my balance. The next morning, I found I could more easily put on my shoes while standing up. I had been putting on my shoes standing up for 2-3 years and it had never been this easy. (I put on my shoes standing up because I thought it might improve my balance.) […]

]]> by: Seth’s blog » Blog Archive » Yet More about Omega-3 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-492 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 06:57:01 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-492 [...] I have done more self-experimentation about omega-3s and will describe the results in a week or two. Some previous posts about omega-3 are here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. [...] […] I have done more self-experimentation about omega-3s and will describe the results in a week or two. Some previous posts about omega-3 are here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. […]

]]> by: Seth’s blog » Blog Archive » Someone Has Been Reading This Blog http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-322 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:46:47 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/07/05/brain-food/#comment-322 [...] According to this USA Today article, “omega-3 is in”. That is, in many new food products to be introduced in 2007, such as a new orange juice. Omega-3, says the article, is “the hot ingredient” and “the miracle food.” The article delicately calls omega-3 a “fatty acid” rather than a fat. My many posts about omega-3 include this and this. More to come. [...] […] According to this USA Today article, “omega-3 is in”. That is, in many new food products to be introduced in 2007, such as a new orange juice. Omega-3, says the article, is “the hot ingredient” and “the miracle food.” The article delicately calls omega-3 a “fatty acid” rather than a fat. My many posts about omega-3 include this and this. More to come. […]

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