Mental wellbeing / omega-3 fatty acids
omega-3 fatty acids
Evidence for mental wellbeing, scored from the published research.
mood
promising74/100 Evidence ScoreConfidence: moderate2 studies
Multiple human studies report a positive effect.
- 2 human studies (1,840 participants across the 1 with counts recorded; 1 review/meta-analysis not counted individually)
- Studies point in broadly the same direction
- Still unknown: few longer-duration studies
References (2)
- The role of omega-3 fatty acids in mood disorders.systematic review · Current opinion in investigational drugs (London, England : 2000) · 2008
- Efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids in mood disorders - a systematic review and metaanalysis.meta-analysis · Psychopharmacology bulletin · 2009
Evidence Scores are computed mechanically from the published research (PubMed / Semantic Scholar / OpenAlex): study design, participant numbers, and consistency across studies. An LLM is used only to extract study data, never to decide a score.
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