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September 14th 2009 04:46
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Eating fish may reduce risk of stroke
By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and UCSF, and science writer for Lumos Labs.
Eating lots of fish, the ultimate brain food, was recently associated with reduced risk of stroke.
A study conducted by Jyrki Virtanen and his crew at the University of Kuopio in Finland found that people who ate more fish tended to have fewer strokes. Virtanen looked at a population of 2,313 participants over the age of 65 who had their brain’s scanned (via MRI) twice, with a 5-year lapse between scans. After analyzing answers the participants gave to diet-related questionnaires the researchers found that:
Those eating fish 3 or more times a week had less sub-clinical infarcts or “mini-strokes” than those eating fish less than once a month.
Consuming more fish was associated with more intact brain white matter.
Fried fish is not so healthy, and seemed to negate the above benefits.
As seen in other research studying healthy brain food, omega-3 fatty acids, which are present in most fish oils, seem to be a key contributor to lowering the risk of stroke.
Reference: Virtanen, J. K., Siscovick, D. S., Longstreth, W. T., Kuller, L. H., & Mozaffarian, D. (2008). Fish consumption and risk of subclinical brain abnormalities on MRI in older adults. Neurology, 71(6), 439-446.
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