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Foods4BetterHealth.com, a new food and nutrition web site that believes that eating right can prevent diseases, ward off illnesses, and help people feel healthier and younger than ever, is reporting on a study that found fish oil capsules may help prevent alcohol-induced dementia.As Foods4BetterHealth notes (http://www.foods4betterhealth.com/the-weird-combination-that-can-prevent-dementia-4849), a recent study presented at a recent conference on biomedical research exposed adult rat brain cell cultures to high concentrations of alcohol (four times the legal driving limit) and exposed 50% of the rat cultures to docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fat, while the other 50% were untreated. (Source: Collins, et al., “Neuroinflammatory PARP pathways in ethanol-dependent neurodegeneration: suppression by omega-3 fatty acid,” The 14th Congress of the European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism, Abstract 01.2., presented September 8, 2013.)
As the Foods4BetterHealth article “The Weird Combination That Can Prevent Dementia” outlines, the results of the study show that the cell cultures that were exposed to the DHA omega-3 fat showed a 90% reduction in inflammation and the degree of brain nerve cell death attributed to the alcohol toxicity compared to the untreated cell cultures.
The Foods4BetterHealth report observes that according to the study, the unsaturated fatty acid (arachidonic acid) found in alcohol, red meat, and dairy products is a precursor to the production of pro-inflammatory chemicals that can cause the increase in the inflammatory response that causes free radical damage to nerve cells, nerve-cell swelling, and altered blood flow inside the brain. This collectively can lead to brain cell death. However, the DHA contained within the omega-3 fish oil can decrease the increased secretion of arachidonic acid and thus help to quell the inflammatory cascade attributed to excessive alcohol intake.
The Foods4BetterHealth report concludes that for those who are recovering from alcoholism, treatment including higher doses of high-potency fish oil capsules may be a safe and reliable option to prevent alcohol-induced dementia.
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