Cure for depression

The Reuters report (November 10) on pregnancy-related depression quotes Antoinette Lee, of Hong Kong University, who appears unaware of Basant Puri's work in this area.

Prof. Puri, a London psychiatrist, claims that the successful way a highly-purified extract of fish oil cures depressive illness represents a groundbreaking discovery.

Prof. Puri says his special brain scans show that depressed people have shrunken grey cortex which amazingly returns to normal within three months of treatment with this purified fatty acid (EPA) extracted from fish oil.

He claims this natural extract works better, and is safer, than any of the pharmaceutical drugs available and successfully treats all forms and degrees of depression, including seasonal light depression (SAD), pregnancy/ postnatal depression and bipolar/manic depression. He also says the purified EPA is helpful in schizophrenia, Huntington's disease and attention deficit/ behavioural disorders.

He warns these impressive results cannot be achieved with common fish oil, which contains two major fatty acids (EPA and DHA) with counteracting action, and only purified EPA is helpful in depressive illness. He further warns against abruptly stopping anti-depressive drugs when taking EPA and to work out the gradual changeover from drugs to EPA with your doctor.

EPA also protects against heart disease and has anti-inflammatory action which is helpful in skin conditions and arthritis.

Prof. Puri's book, The Natural Way To Beat Depression - The Groundbreaking Discovery Of EPA To Change Your Life, is available from www.vegepa.com.