Re: perinatal Omega 3 article

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I've been taking fish oil, and also was told that curcumin was good for me. But my platelet count was low last time my blood was taken -- and I wonder if combined with aspirin it could be too much blood thinning. On Feb 25, 2010, at 12:49 PM, Wayne wrote:

Consumption of omega3-fatty acids during perinatal life:role in immuno-modulation and allergy prevention,J.Perinatal.Med.35(2007)S12-S18, Blumer and Harold Renz .> With omega 3 supplementation perinatally there is altered fatty acid composition of cell membranes which might be causative for changes in immune responses. >Also there is altered cytokine expression Ie lower IL-13 in cord plasma> the lower IL-13 might shift the immune responses in a Th1 direction The paper mentions several different mechanisms ie.involving Cd34 .PGE2 etc.