Wednesday, June 19, 2013
1:33 p.m. PDT

Stack the deck with seafood

Bonefish Grill's fresh fish expert grills up the new Ocean Mixed Grill for Two.<br> <br> Two types of omega-3 fatty acids are abundant in seafood—eicosapentaenoic acid (<a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORGOV000048" title="U.S. Environmental Protection Agency" href="/topic/environmental-issues/environmental-cleanup/u.s.-environmental-protection-agency-ORGOV000048.topic">EPA</a>) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). In humans, high DHA levels are linked to raised levels of dopamine and serotonin, the same brain chemicals that antidepressants boost. What's more, a shortfall of DHA in animals has been linked to symptoms and markers that mimic depression. "You're at greater risk of being depressed, anxious, and irritable by avoiding fish," says Joseph R. Hibbeln, M.D., acting chief of nutritional neurochemistry at the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORGOV0000101" title="National Institutes of Health" href="/topic/health/health-organizations/national-institutes-of-health-ORGOV0000101.topic">NIH</a>'s National Institute of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HEBEC000020" title="Substance Abuse" href="/topic/health/behavioral-conditions/substance-abuse-HEBEC000020.topic">Alcohol Abuse</a> and Alcoholism.

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Bonefish Grill's fresh fish expert grills up the new Ocean Mixed Grill for Two.

Two types of omega-3 fatty acids are abundant in seafood—eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). In humans, high DHA levels are linked to raised levels of dopamine and serotonin, the same brain chemicals that antidepressants boost. What's more, a shortfall of DHA in animals has been linked to symptoms and markers that mimic depression. "You're at greater risk of being depressed, anxious, and irritable by avoiding fish," says Joseph R. Hibbeln, M.D., acting chief of nutritional neurochemistry at the NIH's National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

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