A clinical trial found that taking high dose omega-3 supplements for 2 years did not help memory or thinking skills in older adults at increased risk of Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Researchers at Keck Medicine of USC<\/a> led the study, which was published in eBioMedicine<\/a>. Participants took either a daily high dose supplement of omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)<\/a> or a placebo.<\/p>\n Fish oil<\/a> is one of the most familiar ways people get omega-3s. However, the supplement in this clinical trial wasn\u2019t made from fish, Hussein Yassine<\/a>, MD, director of the USC Center for Personalized Brain Health<\/a> with Keck Medicine of USC and the study\u2019s lead researcher, told Healthline. This article uses the broader term omega-3<\/a> supplements.<\/p>\n The researchers found that taking supplements raised omega-3 levels in participants\u2019 brains, yet it didn\u2019t change their memory, thinking skills, or brain structure.<\/p>\n Dung Trinh<\/a>, MD, an internist at MemorialCare Medical Group and chief medical officer of Healthy Brain Clinic in Irvine, California, who wasn\u2019t involved in the study, told Healthline that the findings challenge the common belief that omega-3 supplements, such as fish oil, can help prevent Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/a> or improve memory.<\/p>\n Millions of older adults take omega-3 supplements. In a 2017\u20132018 federal survey, 21.8% of U.S. adults age 60 and older reported taking an omega-3 fatty acid supplement in the past 30 days, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A clinical trial found that taking high dose omega-3 supplements for 2 years did not help memory or…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[49,48,84,395],"class_list":["post-951165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}