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Article: Omega 3 fatty acids are key to a healthy brain: essential fatty acids found in cold-water fish may help lower the risk of stroke and alzheimer's disease, prevent blood clots, combat depression and more.
- Article from:
- Mind, Mood & Memory
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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Keeping your mind sharp and your moods in balance may depend in part on how often you eat fish--because oily cold-water fish are a primary source of omega-3, an essential fatty acid that plays a critical role in cognitive and behavioral function.
Omega-3 fatty acids are a form of polyunsaturated fats, one of the four basic types of fat that you get from food intake (the other fats are saturated fats, cholesterol and monounsaturated fats). Both omega-3s and another form of polyunsaturated fats, omega-6s, are necessary for good health but cannot be manufactured by the body. Nowadays most people consume too much omega-6--found in processed foods and vegetable ...