Re: Preventing Alzheimer's

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In a message dated 9/19/04 1:56:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, perspect1111@... writes:

".......... people who ate fish once or more a week reduced their

risk of Alzheimer's by up to 60 percent." (I don't that that 'up to'

wording. Yuck.)

Yes, I wonder why the author would say it that way, especially since the (probable) abstract says: "Participants who consumed fish once per week or more had 60% less risk of Alzheimer disease compared with those who rarely or never ate fish..."

PMID: 12873849

Arch Neurol. 2003 Jul;60(7):940-6.

Consumption of fish and n-3 fatty acids and risk of incident Alzheimer disease.

http://tinyurl.com/3y8er

It also says, "Total intake of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids was associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer disease, as was intake of docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3). Eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n-3) was not associated with Alzheimer disease."

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Ken