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05/03/2012
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Foods rich in omega-3 protein associated with decreased disease.
Half fillet of salmon is already showing benefits.
A new study suggests that eating omega-3 risks, natural and beneficial fat found in fish, chicken and nuts, decreases the action of a protein associated with Alzheimer's. The research was published this week in the journal "Neurology" American Academy of Neurology.
Alzheimer's disease is one of the most common forms of dementia, which leads to progressive changes in memory, judgment and intellectual reasoning, and typically affects older people.
To reach this result, the team neurologist Nikolaos Scarmeas of Columbia University Medical Center, USA, recruited 1,219 people over 65 years, without signs of dementia, to measure the level of protein associated with memory loss in blood .
After grouping information on the feeding of participants in the last 14 months, the researchers collected blood from each and measured the amount of protein and omega-3, omega-6, vitamins, folic acid and fat monossaturada polissaturada and deposited in the blood .
By means of these analyzes, the team of researchers found that the more omega-3 the person had eaten, were lower levels of the protein.
According to the study, consume one gram of omega 3 per day, an amount found in half a salmon fillet, equivalent to 20 or 30% less protein in the blood.
The result can improve our confidence in the beneficial effects of diet in the prevention of dementia, "said Scarmeas.
Source: Journal of Health
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