Seafood Aids in Memory
Studies have pointed towards the many benefits of fish based nutrients. These include omega-3 fatty acids, choline, and uridine. Results shows that frequent and regular consumption of these nutrients correlates with increased improvement in verbal memory, at about 40%.
Researchers are studying people who are in early stages of the disease. Five hundred volunteers were recruited at 40 study sites nationwide to participate in the 24-week study. Participants are at least 50 years old, have mild to moderate Alzheimer's and are on a stable dose of a drug approved to treat Alzheimer's.
Half of the participants are being given the nutritional shake to drink with breakfast. The other half receive a control beverage. All participants will continue taking traditional Alzheimer's medications prescribed by their doctors.
The shake is made with fish nutrients but flavored like vanilla and strawberries.
"You have to be able to mask the fish taste," said Dr. John Morley, a leader of the study and director of the university's division of geriatrics. "That's the problem - no one likes to drink fish."
The shake was concocted by Dr. Richard Wurtman, professor of neuropharmacology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, and contains uridine, choline and omega-3 fatty acids - compounds that are found in fish, meat and breast milk.
Wurtman discovered that the combination of nutrients promotes the growth of spines on the membranes of nerve cells in animals. When those spines come into contact with other nerve cells, they form connections.
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