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December 19, 2023

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September 6, 2023

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

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OmegaQuant Applauds Statement on Link Between Omega-3s and Preterm Birth Risk

October 24, 2022

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

Sioux Falls, SD—OmegaQuant applauded a statement issued by the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL) about the relationship between omega-3 EPA and DHA blood levels and preterm birth. After years of investigation, ISSFAL points to "strong evidence" on omega-3s "There is strong evidence that a proportion...

OmegaQuant Launches B12 Test Kit

December 10, 2021

Julia Peterman

Sioux Falls, SD—OmegaQuant has launched a new Vitamin B12 Test, with a sample collection kit that allows for testing at home, according to a press release. Vitamin B12 supports red blood cell production, nerve function, and brain and heart health, to name a few of its functions. It is found...

Omega-3 Index, Smoking Equal Predictors of CVD

June 25, 2021

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Sioux Falls, SD—A new paper published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that a low Omega-3 Index (O3I) is just as powerful a predictor of early death as smoking. The finding comes from data from the Framingham study, one of the longest running studies in the world, which...

OmegaQuant Launches Pet Test

June 21, 2021

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Sioux Falls, SD—OmegaQuant has launched a new Omega-3 Index Test for Pets, complete with a sample collection kit that pet owners can bring to their veterinarian to measure the pet’s omega-3 level, according to a press release. Omega-3s provide benefits for pets including supporting a healthy heart, brain, joints, immune...

OmegaQuant's Dr. Harris Listed in Top 2% of Scientists

March 19, 2021

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Sioux Falls, SD—Researchers from Stanford Study have analyzed data from the mid-1990s through 2019, covering millions of scientists worldwide in all fields of science, and have created a public database of standardized citation metrics for the top scientists in the world. Scientists included have been classified into 22 scientific fields...

OmegaQuant Launches At-Home Vitamin D Test

November 3, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Sioux Falls, SD—OmegaQuant has launched a Vitamin D Test with a sample collection kit that allows individuals to test from home, according to a press release. The test requires just a finger stick and a couple drops of blood for analysis. Vitamin D plays a role in bone health, cardiovascular...

Omega-3 May Reduce Risk of Lung Disorder, Analysis Suggests

August 31, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Sioux Falls, SD—The omega-3 DHA may help sufferers of interstitial lung disease (ILD), a condition that encompasses a wide range of disorders, most of which cause progressive scarring to the lungs, according to a new meta-analysis. A press release from OmegaQuant explains that DHA reduces ILD in experimental models, but...

Study: Benefits of Omega-3 on Alzheimer's Patients Reliant on Dose

August 4, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Sioux Falls, SD—Alzheimer’s patients may need higher omega-3 intakes to see benefits than previously thought, according to a study published in The Lancet. The study looked at 33 men and women from Los Angeles aged 55 and older who had a family history of Alzheimer’s disease, although they didn’t have...