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Omega 3 oils fight Alzheimer's

The researchers fed mice with a model of the disease either a high-DHA or low-DHA diet.

While the mice were engineered to develop Alzheimer's, the group fed the DHA-rich diet had 70% less buildup of disease-linked amyloid protein in the brain after three to five months.

Furthermore, the protein was reduced even when the diet was begun late in life.

The research is reported in the Journal of Neuroscience.

http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2005-03-23-1

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