Your kiddo feels anxious and worried often..?
Does he get too nervous or panicky for no reason or even when presented a situation like a test, speaking in front of public etc.
Generally, everyone encounters anxiety and is indeed a natural emotion that indicates a state of inner worry, fearfulness or a threat, but at times becomes exaggerated.
If it’s a case of an adolescent, then this psychic fluctuation hums along like a background track always.
Well, anxiety, hyperactivity, depression and other psychological behaviors are different from one to other; some may feel it more than others.
As it turns out, this might get chronic in some teens affecting their performance at school and other extracurricular activities diminishing their budding career.
So, what can be the cause for this?
I know the blame directly shoots at stress, and in fact it is, I don’t deny it but, nutrition is also a major contributor to it. Further, what if I say, being a parent, you are also a reason behind it!!
You might be feeling it all ridiculous, but I have a data supporting it.
Continue reading….
A study published in Biological Psychiatry found omega 3 deficiency is linked to anxiety and hyperactivity in adolescents.
You might have this striking at the back of your mind-what are omega 3’s actually& for what are the benefits of omega 3?
Always stress has been bearing the blame for stimulating such psychological imbalances but this research uncovers that nutrition is also a major contributor.
Moreover, the study not only states an interesting point that the compromised mental behavior not only due to the individual’s dietary insufficiency, but also has something to do with the parent’s diet.
Now, this is an alarming finding because adolescence is a sensitive period for developing psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia and addiction.
According to the study conducted by University of Pittsburgh, this lack of omega 3 tends to carry to the successive generations showing adverse effects and especially affecting teenagers.
The Pittsburgh team assigned a set of behavioral tasks to study the learning and memory, decision making, anxiety, and hyperactivity of both adults and teenagers. Although the participants appeared to be in normal healthy physical state, there were behavioral deficiencies in adolescents that were more pronounced in second-generation participants with omega-3 deficiencies.
Overall, these adolescents were more anxious and hyperactive, learned at a slower rate, and had reduced problem-solving abilities.
“Our study shows that, while the omega-3 deficiency influences the behavior of both adults and teenagers, the nature of this influence is different between the age groups,” said Moghaddam. “We observed changes in areas of the brain responsible for decision making and habit formation.”
There are other studies that advocate omega3 ‘s association with efficient brain functioning.
Bottom line, diet not only has short term affects but are carried along effecting generations.
So on that note, keeping your’s as well as your offspring’s in view, make sure you include omega 3 fatty acids in your diet either through food or better, the convenient option to take fish oil supplements or flaxseed supplements, both serve the need of potent omega 3 supplements.
Share this piece of information among your family and friends so as to get cautious with the further generations.
Reference:
www.futurity.org
