Easy Health Options Staff | Mar 23, 2012 | Comments 0
Never eating fatty fish like salmon or sardines apparently causes your brain to age faster. When UCLA researchers examined people who rarely consumed the omega-3 fats found in these fish, they found that their brains shrank faster over time and aged faster than the brains of folks who were fish fans.In this study of 1,575 people, researchers determined that the omega-3 fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) from fish were determining factors in brain size and capability. Fish-avoiders whose DHA levels were in the bottom 25 percent also bottomed out on memory tests.
The researchers estimated that if you’re not a fish eater, your brain is two years older than it would be if you were a piscatorian.
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