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# Fish oil may help autism
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/fish_oil_may_help_autism_0202100736/
- Published: 2010-02-02T07:36:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T15:49:54.000Z
- Description: In a small Israeli trial, ten children with autism spectrum disorder took one gram of omega-3 fatty acids daily for 12 weeks, and eight of nine improved by 33 percent. The authors call the supplements safe and possibly helpful.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Supplements, Nutrition, Autism, Fish Oil, #vivvo-import

A new study by researchers at Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel suggests that taking fish oil supplements may help children suffering from autism or autistic spectrum disorder.

The study published in Aug 2009 issue of Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology tested the efficacy and safety of omega-3 fatty acids for children with autism and found the supplementation helped improve the children.

Meiri G and colleagues gave ten children one gram of omega-3 fatty acids daily for 12 weeks and they found eight out of nine children improved their condition by 33 percent.

The researchers concluded "Omega-3 fatty acids appear to be safe and might be helpful for children suffering from ASD."

Taking fish oil supplements or eating fatty fish high in omega-3 fatty acids has been found recently helpful in preventing psychotic disorders or psychosis in people at extremely high risk of the illness, according to a new study in the Feb 2010 issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.

By David Liu