Can DHA as found in fish oil and algae protect the brain from Alzheimers?
One of the major news stories on brain health and prevention coming out of Sunday’s oral presentations at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD) in Vienna, were the reports on the effectiveness of DHA, an Omega-3 fatty acid, present in fish oil and algae. Last year a major study looking at fish oil’s affect in arresting Alzheimer’s was disappointing. I reported yesterday on a minor study investigating the value of DHA for prevention in an animal study. But on Sunday, the 2nd day into the conference, long awaited results (I’ve personally been looking for this since March) were finally presented on two major well designed multi-center studies of DHA – one conducted in part here in Salt Lake City. In the first MIDAS (Memory Improvement with DHA Study) researchers looked at the Effects of DHA on Physiological and Safety Parameters in Age-Related Cognitive Decline. This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center, six month study to determine the eff
