Ballstad Articles and Blogs

In honor of National Seafood Month, it’s a good time to talk about where omega-3s come from and why you should care.

Older adults face a range of health issues, including cognitive deficits that are considered a natural part of the aging process. But there is a difference between brain changes that...

For many people, especially parents and kids, this is a high-anxiety time of year. Between fall sports, starting school, work and social commitments, everyone seems to feel like there just...

The omega-3s EPA and DHA are incredibly important to your child’s health and development from the time they are in the womb, through their teens, and well into adulthood —...

Pregnancy is a time filled with joy and hope, but also a lot of stress. Some of the top worries for expectant moms include: job and money stress, diet, potential...

New England Journal of Medicine looked at the cardiovascular effects of taking aspirin and the omega-3s EPA and DHA in patients with diabetes. Unfortunately, the results — as portrayed in...

Depression is one of the most common forms of mental illness. It takes many shapes and its impact is felt not only by the person suffering, but also by the...

Both vitamin D and omega-3s play important roles in health as evidenced by the thousands of studies attesting to their benefits for a wide range of health issues, many of...

Sixty percent of the human brain is fat, making it the fattiest organ in the human body. Of this fat, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is the most abundant omega-3 fatty acid...

The study, which comes from the Cochrane Collaboration, produced a 730-page report titled, “Omega-3 Fatty Acids for the Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.” This meta-analysis — which itself is...

The Omega-3 Index is actually two things. Most important, it is a risk factor for heart disease, just like cholesterol. But it is also an actual test you can take...

New research published in the July edition of Hypertension shows that a high Omega-3 Index — a known risk factor for heart disease — is inversely related to blood pressure levels in healthy young...