Fish oil `cures` brain damaged kid

A teenager, who had severe brain damage after a brutal hit-and-run has made miraculous recovery due to consumption of fish oil.

Grant Virgin, who suffered from a torn aorta, a traumatic brain injury, compound bone fractures and spinal fracture after being struck by a car, was told by the doctors that he wouldn't be alive by next morning, News.com.au reported. (Read: Fish oil can cure bed sores!)

However, the boy's family vowed to save their kid, who underwent multiple surgeries remained in a coma with severe brain damage, and rubbed progesterone cream on their son, and soon saw him waking up and speaking simple words and phrases. (Read: Fish oil can help you lose weight!)

The Virgins thought about giving their son fish oil, after learning that the brain's cell wall is partly comprised of the same omega-3 fatty acids, and put him on a regimen of 20-gram-per-day. (Read: Fish oil protective against cardiac death in dialysis patients?)

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The teenager is still a long way from making a full recovery, but the family claimed that he is progressing by the day. (Read: Eat fish rather than fish oil pills: Study)

Source: ANI

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