| Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia | | | | discovered that Alzheimer's is much less common |
| are on the increase. And it's a very serious | | | | in populations that eat large quantities of fish. |
| situation. Now, can you remember what I just | | | | Over the past three decades omega 3 fish oil has |
| said? | | | | been found to vastly improve fetus brain |
| Before you develop memory loss from | | | | development and brain functioning from childhood |
| Alzheimer's disease dementia, don't you want to | | | | through old age. |
| do everything naturally possible to prevent it? | | | | Fish oil has also been shown to lower your risk of |
| Otherwise, once the symptoms of dementia | | | | both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, heart |
| begin, you probably won't remember your | | | | disease, stroke, prostate and breast cancer, |
| Alzheimer's prevention plan. | | | | depression, diabetes, ADD and ADHD, migraines, |
| | | | psoriasis, and other chronic conditions. |
| Symptoms of Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease | | | | But the typical U.S. diet tends to be very low in |
| Dementia, with its accompanying memory loss, is | | | | omega 3 fish oils and excessively high in highly |
| a progressive degenerative brain disease. Causes | | | | processed omega 6 vegetable oils. This causes an |
| of dementia can be poor nutrition, alcohol, aids, | | | | imbalance. |
| stroke or damaged blood vessels. Dementia is not | | | | Fish Oil Findings for Alzheimer's Prevention |
| considered by scientists to be a normal part of | | | | New research, recently published in the Archives |
| aging. | | | | of Neurology journal, have now added a significant |
| Alzheimer's disease is by far the most common | | | | risk reduction for Alzheimer's disease - by as |
| form of dementia. Symptoms include: | | | | much as 50% - to the long list of fish oil health |
| - Memory loss - beginning with subtle changes in | | | | benefits. |
| forgetfulness, such as not being able to organize | | | | Dr. Ernest J. Schaefer, director of the Lipid |
| thoughts and difficulty processing information. | | | | Metabolism Laboratory at the U.S. Department of |
| - Problems with everyday tasks - like making | | | | Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on |
| phone calls or fixing meals. | | | | Aging, reviewed DHA levels (an omega 3 fatty |
| - Language difficulties - inability to find the right | | | | acid found in fish) and the development of |
| words or understand what others mean. | | | | dementia in 899 participants. |
| - Inappropriate judgment - like putting the TV | | | | "If you have a high level of DHA, it reduces your |
| remote control in the freezer, giving away large | | | | risk of dementia by about half," he concluded. |
| sums of money or wearing next to nothing in cold | | | | Dr. Greg Cole, a neuroscientist and associate |
| weather. | | | | director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research |
| - Personality changes and mood swings - from | | | | Center at UCLA's School of Medicine, said, "This |
| calm to tears or anger for no reason. | | | | shows in a prospective study that DHA is the |
| Research on Alzheimer's Prevention | | | | only plasma lipid to cut the risk for developing |
| Alzheimer's disease slowly and painfully takes | | | | dementia." And, "you could take fish oil |
| away a person's identity and ability to think, talk, | | | | supplements to avoid mercury contamination." |
| eat and walk. Eventually, it's fatal. About | | | | "Everything we know," added Dr. Schaefer, |
| 4½ million Americans currently have | | | | "suggests that supplements would be as effective |
| Alzheimer's and by the year 2050 the statistics | | | | as eating fish." So you better get started soon, |
| are expected to more than triple. | | | | before it's too late to remember. |
| While searching for a cure, researchers | | | | |