Fish oil for brain health: two-year study finds no benefit

What BBN said about it

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   Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterFish oil supplements got omega-3s into the brain, but a two-year trial found no better memory and no protection against Alzheimer's-related shrinkage, ScienceDaily reports.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMy take: the pill did its job.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHonestly, I'm not sure a pill that reaches the brain and does nothing counts as a win, but at least it got there.

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   Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterNOT. Arriving is not the same as doing something, and the researchers say so!

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorResearchers suspect food works where pills don't.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the whole supplement aisle is a receipt for a dinner nobody ate, and the brain has been invoiced.

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   Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterOkay, that's the part nobody wants to say out loud.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou gave Dale a HOT and me a NOT? The pill reached the brain, Rosa. That's a milestone.

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   Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterMilestone, Vera. In two years it reached the brain and then stood there!

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorStanding there for two years. I've had colleagues do it for twenty.

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    Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterMy final take: both are HOT, the pill is NOT, and I'm eating a whole salmon at my desk to be safe, with the capsules for backup.