ADHD Vitamin and Omega-3s

In the last post about Omega – 3 fatty acids and ADHD vitamins we spoke about the studies that have shown that people with ADHD, Inattentive and  Combined type have deficiencies in blood levels of the essential fatty acids including the Omega-3 fatty acids and that these fatty acid may play the most important role in improving our health, our ADHD symptoms and our mood.

ADHD Vitamins and Omega-3

We discussed the fact that genetics may take part in the inability of people with ADHD to metabolize these fatty acid ADHD vitamins and supplements and we discussed how adding Omega-3 fatty acids to the diet of people with ADHD improves their inattention, impulsive behavior and mood.

The trick to getting enough of the good ADHD vitamins and fatty acids into your body if you have a problem metabolizing Omega-3 may lie in giving the Omega-3 as a cocktail with other ADHD vitamins.  These other ADHD vitamins when given in combination with the Omega-3 fatty acids are known the help with fatty acid metabolism.

A few studies have looked into the question of improving the metabolism of the ADHD vitamins such as Omega-3s in people with the symptoms of ADHD by adding other vitamins to the ADHD supplement.  A German study gave children with ADHD a food supplement that contained magnesium, zinc, and Omega-3.  The researchers of this study found that after 12 weeks of taking the combination ADHD vitamin supplement, the children showed 'considerable' improvement in hyperactive/impulsive symptoms and in also in their levels of attention.

Zinc, magnesium and the omega-3 fatty acids are thought to help ADHD in different ways and it appears that in the case of these ADHD vitamins, the combination of magnesium, zinc and omega-3, acts in such a way that they either improve the brain use of Omega-3s or in some other way combine to improve ADHD symptoms.

The doses of Omega-3 fatty acids that were used in the Germans study were 400mg of the Omega-3 fatty acids known as EPA, a day.  DHA, another Omega-3 ADHD vitamin supplement was given at a dose of 40mg a day.  The children also received ADHD vitamins in the form of 5mg of zinc a day and 80mg of daily magnesium.

People with ADHD may have a problem with the way their bodies take in and use fatty acids.  Eating too many foods with trans-fats such as foods that are deep fried may throw off the balance of fatty acids in our bodies.  The lack of balance between the good and the bad fats may lead to symptoms of disease and to the worsening of ADHD symptoms.

Taking Omega-3 fatty acids and/or ADHD vitamins may help people with ADHD correct the problems that they have with their body’s use of the fatty acids.  Supplementing with Omega-3 fatty acids may help the symptoms of ADHD.  The addition of zinc and magnesium may allow the brain’s of people with ADHD to use the fatty acids in a more effective way.

Eating Salmon Improves levels of ADHD vitamins and Omega -3s

Omega-3 fatty acids when taken as supplements hold great promise for improving the symptoms of ADHD.  Eating a diet rich in the Omega-3 fatty acids is the best solution but most people do not eat enough fish, seeds and nuts to get all the Omega-3s that their body’s need.  Taking supplemental Omega-3 may be the answer as this ADHD vitamin supplement has been found to improve the behavioral problems, inattention and other symptoms of ADHD.