NS 1150 Lecture Notes - Omega-3 Fatty Acid, Fish Meal, Olive Oil
9 Mar 2014
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Cognitive decline and the role that omega-3 fatty acids play in it"s progression have been popular topics and sources of controversy for the past decade or so. Because the size of the population of senior citizens is increasing with the aging of the baby boomer generation, the number of cases of alzheimer"s disease and dementia are expected to drastically increase. As a result, research into this topic, and the role that nutrition plays, is of increased importance. The challenge that we, as individuals, face is trying to determine which studies are based on good, reliable science and which studies are not. In december of 2005, dr. martha morris, dr. denis a. evans, dr. christine c. tangney, Dr. julia l. bienias, and dr. robert s. wilson published their study in the archives of. It was titled fish consumption and cognitive decline with age in a large.
