Alzheimers and Omega-3
EPA and DHA

"In this study, we report that DHA significantly increases LR11 in multiple systems, including primary rat neurons, aged non-Tg mice and an aged DHA-depleted APPsw AD mouse model. DHA also increased LR11 in a human neuronal line," wrote lead author Qiu-Lan Ma in the The Journal of Neuroscience. Ma and co-workers report that DHA induced increases in LR11 in all the systems studied, as well as from an in vivo model of type-2 diabetes, another AD risk factor.

"Because reduced LR11 is known to increase beta-amyloid production and may be a significant genetic cause of LOAD, our results indicate that DHA increases in [LR11] levels may play an important role in preventing LOAD," concluded the authors.

Previous studies have reported benefits to Alzheimers and Omega-3 DHA fatty acids slowing mental decline in people with mild Alzheimers disease (Archieves of Neurology, Vol. 63, pp. 1402-1408 and pp. 1545-1550) but this new study suggests DHA useful for early intervention and prevention of late-onset Alzheimers disease (LOAD), the most common form that occurs later in life with no obvious family inheritance pattern. "This study adds to the evidence supporting the important brain health benefits provided by an enhanced DHA status, and there are a number of ongoing studies investigating the role of DHA in reducing the risk for neurological diseases like Alzheimers," said Nelson.

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Tufts University Nutrition Research

In a previous study conducted by Ernst J. Schaefer, MD, USDA's nutrition research center at Tufts University, Boston, he and his colleagues measured blood levels of DHA in 899 elderly men and women. Over 9 years, 99 subjects developed dementia. Schaefer determined people with the highest blood levels of DHA were about half as likely to develop dementia compared with people who consumed little DHA. They were also 39% less likely to develop Alzheimers.People with the highest DHA levels consumed about 3 servings of fish each week which provided the equivalent of 180 mg daily of DHA. Fats form about 50 percent of the brain's nonwater weight, and DHA is the predominant fat found in cell membranes of the brain's gray matter.
Read the article on late onset Alzheimers

While evidence shows benefits to Alzheimers with Omega-3 EPA and DHA, many studies have looked at the cause of the rise in Alzheimers and it's very telling - from Omega-3 ALA plant and seed oils, soybean, vegetable, sunflower, corn, safflower, and in some cases, flaxseed oil that are in abundance in our foods our bodies convert to inflammatory Omega-6s. Alzheimers studies are ongoing with a National Institutes of Health-funded multi-million dollar clinical study on DHA in the progression of Alzheimers disease. Results from this NIH clinical study will be available in 2010.

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