|
Eating Fish Helps Keep Older People's
Brains Sharp
Reuters Health, 12/13/05
Dr. Martha Clare
Morris of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and team,
tracked 3,718 seniors for six years, interviewing them at home
three times. The investigators found that mental function
declined more slowly for subjects who ate fish once a week,
giving them a cognitive edge of three years on their peers;
while eating fish twice weekly or more slowed mental
deterioration by the equivalent of four years. The scientists
speculate that omega-3 acids in seafood, especially the
docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), may be essential for proper brain
functioning,
(Archives of Neurology, December
2005) |
Article Summary