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Anecdotally, when I first started taking (6 normal-strength pills a day) of fish oil in college, I quite unexpectedly noticed my "field of view" expanded when I was driving. Previously I'd been exclusively focused on a smallish area immediately in front my my car, but after a few months of Omega 3s, I noticed I was "noticing" and taking into account traffic that was much further down the street.

Though I kinda suspect that was the result of curing a deficiency, because I plateaued and didn't notice other improvements after continued supplementation. It was also very early in the fish oil/Omega 3 craze, so I suspect the food up to that point was generally more deficient in it (e.g. no feed chickens flax to get "Omega 3" eggs).



Doesn't this sound like an inexperienced driver gaining more experience or was there little driving in between?


> Doesn't this sound like an inexperienced driver gaining more experience or was there little driving in between?

Maybe it sounds that way, but it wasn't.

I'd already been driving for 5+ years by that time, and the change happened only after a couple of months of supplementation.

I also used to frequently "zone out" in a particular way during daily life, which also went away around the same time.


Interesting, I actually had an extremely similar experience, except it was when I first took ADHD medicine, and I noticed it most strongly while navigating through the city by foot. "Field of View" is a good sort of description for it though, it was like the amount of information I could passively perceive about my immediate surroundings just increased dramatically.




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