Fishing for answers to Alzheimer's
USA Today, Nov 16People who frequently eat fish may protect themselves from Alzheimer's, according to separate scientific studies by top researchers at Tufts University in Boston, Rush University in Chicago and the University of California-Los Angeles.... In Japan and other parts of the world where people traditionally have eaten low-fat foods and fish almost every day, the rates of Alzheimer's have been far lower, says Robert Friedland, a neurologist at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Scientists have widely credited the Alzheimer's protection found in fish to certain fats called omega-3 fatty acids. Oily fish such as salmon, sardines, herring, tuna or mackerel contain lots of those beneficial fats.
[[Problem: Oily fish at the top of the food chain like tuna, mackeral and shark are likely to be contaminated with mercury.]]
