03/20/2019 / By Michelle Simmons
Brazilian and Colombian researchers suggest supplementing with fish oil to prevent Chagas disease, a condition caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The findings of their study were published in the journal Nutrition Research.
In conclusion, the findings suggest that fish oil supplementation reduced the severity of symptoms of T. cruzi parasitic infection during its early stages.
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Journal Reference:
Lovo-Martins MI, Malvezi AD, da Silva RV, Zanluqui NG, Tatakihara VLH, Câmara NOS, de Oliveira APL, Peron JPS, Martins-Pinge MC, Fritsche KL, Pinge-Filho P. FISH OIL SUPPLEMENTATION BENEFITS THE MURINE HOST DURING THE ACUTE PHASE OF A PARASITIC INFECTION FROM TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI. Nutrition Research. March 2017; 41: 73-85. DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2017.04.007
Tagged Under: alternative medicine, Chagas disease, disease prevention, disease treatments, Fish Oil, food cures, food is medicine, functional food, infections, infectious disease, parasites, research, supplements, T. cruzi, Trypanosoma cruzi
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