Fish oils 'don't help ward off dementia'

[xchrom]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18410324

Taking fish-oil supplements to ward off dementia could be a waste of time, say researchers who have reviewed the best available evidence.

Supplements containing omega-3 offered no greater protection than dummy pills, the Cochrane Review team found.

The three large studies in the review, which appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, involved over 3,500 people.

But experts say longer-term studies are needed for more conclusive results.

[klook]

1. "Research indicates omega-3s down regulate inflammation"

"...and may help reduce the risk and symptoms of a variety of disorders influenced by inflammation, including heart attack, stroke, several forms of cancer and auto-immune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis."

- source: Dr. Andrew Weil

Too bad about the apparent lack of cognitive benefit, but I'll keep taking a fish oil supplement for coronary health.

[Odin2005]

6. Your source is King Quack.

[pipoman]

2. Coffee OTOH...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002764646

[HuckleB]

3. Bummer.

Dang follow-up studies are always fouling up those preliminary results.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

4. What about M&Ms?

[xchrom]

5. only the green ones. -- i think i have that right. nt

[kdmorris]

7. Well, that sucks

Alzheimers runs in my family... scary disease that, so I was kind of hoping that it would help protect me

[flamingdem]

8. It's better to eat fish than pop fish oil pills anyway

since a lot are contaminated apparently