Does Fish Oil Induce Lucid Dreams?
by Vijai
Recently I've been reading about the connection between fish oil supplements and dream vividness and recall. I've just started my own experimentation and have noticed an increase in my dream recall. Do you know of any official link between dream recall and fish oil?
Rebecca says: There is a widely reported connection between fish oil and having meaningful, vivid dreams. Many people who start on a 900 mg dosage of Omega 3 fats report far more intense dreams - from reliving happy childhood memories to violent and disturbing dreams.
When your dream content is more vivid and intense, you are more likely to remember it in the morning, so fish oil also indirectly improves your dream recall. (Or, often as in the case of nightmares, you wake up with a shock from the intensity and the dream experience is fresh on your mind.)
As you know, boosting your dream recall and intensity can substantially increase your chances of lucid dreaming. By having more awareness in the dream, you stand a far greater chance of realizing it's just a dream and becoming consciously aware and lucid.
 Besides lucid dreaming, fish oil supplements can help the brain and body to stay fit and healthy, such as:
- aiding healthy cholesterol and blood pressure levels
- reducing the risk of coronary heart disease
- supporting joint, brain and skin health
- maintaining healthy looking skin
- aiding optimal eye and brain function
I recommend GNC Triple Strength Fish Oil which contains 60 soft gel capsules of 900 mg each and is purified to reduce "fish burps" - a side effect of most fish oil supplements! This two-month supply is good value at $13.99.
People who take fish oil capsules long term say that the effect of vivid dreaming dies away after a few weeks or months, so this is really a short term experiment in dream intensity. When you're taking fish oil supplements - or any supplement that increases dream intensity - it's best to choose a time when you're psychologically happy and stable in your waking life. Increasing dream intensity when you're combating inner demons or facing difficult life issues can lead to vivid nightmares, which for most people, is highly undesirable... Many people fluctuate between states of happiness and discontent all the time - whether there are weeks, months or years in between. This is simply the product of a normal human existence, where we pick up strange habits and beliefs along the way that don't serve us well psychologically. Eventually we are forced to reconcile old beliefs that don't work for us anymore, and these are the components of nightmares.
In summary, try fish oil supplements when you're feeling good about life and you may have some very pleasant dream experiences...
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