I heard about Omega-3 Fatty Acids. Can they help?

Many people with dyslexia or related conditions (such as dyspraxia or ADHD) show signs of being deficient in omega-3 unsaturated fatty acids that come from fish oils. Deficiency of these may be due to their replacement by high levels of saturated fats in the typical modern Western diet, and to the decline in consumption of fish. The modern high incidence of cardiovascular and other serious diseases has been linked to this deficiency.

Omega-3 deficiency may contribute to dyslexic problems because these fatty acids play an important part throughout life in the proper functioning of the brain cells involved in reading.  So fish oil supplements may help both child and adult dyslexics, and we've recently completed randomised controlled trials that suggest that this is so.