Omega-3 supplements may be linked to faster cognitive decline in seniors, study finds

Medical Xpress ^ | May 04, 2026 | Paul Arnold,

[xp38]

Good for you.....Bad for you. Seems we’ve had this with a number of things.

[Nateman]

But...but... but this guy said it was good for us! To be fair I think he truly believes in what he was selling to us. Not the first time someone with sincere beliefs gets it wrong.

[cherry]

I give up.

[higgmeister]

All I can do is laugh and laugh and laugh.   I don't know how many years ago my Doctor told me to take the maximum dose of Fish Oil every day.

[Flaming Conservative]

Best way to get it is dietary.

[oldplayer]

It would be nice and helpful if the article and/or research cleary stated what dosages they examined. It’s frustrating that they did not.

[TigersEye]

Ya just can’t win!

This is why I eat bacon, cheese, eggs, beef, pork, chicken, use lots of salt, make iced coffee with sweetened condensed milk, eat potato chips, Cheez-Its, cream cheese on Wheat Thins and pretty much anything else I enjoy eating. And lots of butter on my veggies.

I also take a load of supplements but I’m not kidding myself that any of it will make me healthier or make me live longer. If it does, great! But I don’t expect it to.

Now, ‘scuse me while I take a minute to roll another cigarette. :D

[Skywise]

But if that were true wouldn’t we see an increase in dementia in the Inuit and Japanese and mediterranean peoples whose diet is moetly fish?

[higgmeister]

But, go figure, way back when, in a tizzy, my doctor said to stop taking Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) OTC Nexium, Prevacid or Prilosec because with extended use of those acid reflux drugs may increase the risk of dementia by a third.

More proof that, doctors practice medicine, and if they practice long enough they may finally get it right.

[Red Badger]

My father-in-law smoked like a locomotive and lived to 85................

[montag813]

Just sit in the sun and eat sardines, salmon and nuts.

[Red Badger]

They get the natural stuff with proteins and amino acids mixed in, not man-made stuff in gelcaps.............

[Red Badger]

I do that anyways..............

[catnipman]

the original article that this nonsense is based on is:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2274580726000932

and it’s bullshit: no mention of dose, duration of dose, how that was determined [self-reporing?], ratio of EPA/DHA, and whether the ester or triglyceride forms were evaluated.

there are two main forms of omega-3 fatty acids: EPA & DHA. so which ones was the article based on?

further, there’s a big difference between the cheap semi-synthetic ester form and the more expensive, more natural and more effect triglyceride form, so which supplement from was being evaluated? ...

[ConservativeMind]

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[Myrddin]

I had a Whipple for ampullary cancer in June 2024. The output of my pyloric valve is sewn to my jejunum as an "anastomosis". The join is also where the stomach acid passes through. In practice, the surgical oncologist prescribes a PPI to protect the anastomosis from acid damage. I was prescribed pantoprazole initially. It was causing gynecomastia. After the stent was placed in my stomach, I was prescribed omeprazole. It caused horrible itching and red welts all over my body. The current choice is famotidine. It seems to be working without intolerable side effects. No idea if there are other issues happening in the background.

[dakine]

The American way!

Just take a pill!

[xkaydet65]

I take Omegac3 gels. Have for four years. I cant say they’ve been as effective as Walsh states but I noticed imprivement in having less joint discomfort. I don’t think I’ve lost cognitive ability.

[xp38]

Being a Freeper is good for cognitive ability in most cases. :)