Posted on 07/12/2009 10:10:37 PM PDT by Schnucki
Researchers have found that taking a supplement of omega 3 for six months had a beneficial effect on people with age-related forgetfulness and loss of learning ability.
They tested the affect of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which is most commonly found in fish oil, on 485 healthy people and found that memory and general brain function increased significantly.
The research, based on volunteers with an average age of 70, showed taking 900mg capsules every day was the equivalent of turning back the clock three years, it was found.
Now it is hoped that further studies could show that the fatty acid could help stave off Alzheimer's disease if new techniques can be found to diagnose it before it take holds.
Dr Karin Yurko-Mauro, at Martek, an American bioscience company that carried out the study and manufactures DHA from algae, said those that took the supplements had "almost double the reduction in errors on a test that measures learning and memory performance".
"The benefit is roughly equivalent to having the learning and memory skills of someone three years younger," he said.
The study was one of two into the affect of DHA presented at the international Alzheimer's Association meeting in Vienna, Austria.
The first found that it did nothing to slow memory declines in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, but the second in healthy people with slight memory complaints did show promise. The second group also showed a "significant decrease" in heart rate.
Taken together, the findings along with other studies suggest treating Alzheimer's must begin early in the disease process, before "plaques and tangles" start clogging up the brain, it was said.
William Thies, PhD, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer at the Alzheimer's Association said it was "too early" to make a recommendation about use of DHA supplements to
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I can’t remember where I put the fish oil!
I'm always wanderin around in the hereafter... "let's see, what am I hereafter???"
I know where there at but I keep forgetting to take them.
My late uncle took fish oil capsules religiously — ostensibly for his heart, but he also said that it helped keep his mind sharp. He also had mounds of those puzzle books...the ones with crosswords, circle the word, and a whole array of other puzzles. He said these puzzles kept his mind sharp. May well have been. When he passed on, he still had all his faculties and then some.
Interesting.
Fish oil is good for lots of things
Fish heads, Fish heads.
Mom likes her canned salmon. Maybe I’ll get her some fish oil caps. I used to take them.
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I am thinking about giving them to Frank. He needs them badly.
Three years! I’m looking for something that will turn the clock back 25 years.
He stole other people's faculties?
Meanwhile, the control group wandered away from the research facility and fell down an embankment.
“When he passed on, he still had all his faculties and then some.”
“He stole other people’s faculties?”
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Actually, I think he did. Judging from my post, I don’t seem to have all of mine. LOL
LOL. I’m in the same boat. I sometimes find myself searching my brain for words, common words.
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