UCLA.edu - In addition to helping protect us from heart disease and cancer, a balanced diet and regular exercise can also protect the brain and ward off mental disorders, perhaps even benefiting your children and grandchildren.
"Food is like a pharmaceutical compound that affects the brain," said Fernando Gómez-Pinilla, a UCLA professor of neurosurgery and physiological [...]

MayoClinic.org - A recent small but well-designed medical study showed that a combination of fish oil and red yeast rice supplements - combined with active lifestyle intervention - actually worked better than conventional statin therapy for lowering LDL cholesterol, improving triglyceride levels, and weight loss. The alternative medicine study is published in the July 2008 [...]

WFUBMC.edu - Farm-raised tilapia, one of the most highly consumed fish in America, has very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and, perhaps worse, very high levels of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. This omega fatty acid ratio could be more dangerous to one’s heart [...]

MayoClinic.org - Thousands of research studies have documented how the oils known as omega-3 fatty acids can benefit the cardiovascular system, particularly among people diagnosed with coronary artery disease. The incredible volume of research on this topic creates difficulty for many physicians and patients to stay current with findings and recommendations related to these oils. [...]

Newswise — Many Alzheimer’s researchers have long touted fish oil, by pill or diet, as an accessible and inexpensive “weapon” that may delay or prevent this debilitating disease. Now, UCLA scientists have confirmed that fish oil - the omega-3 DHA in fish oil - is indeed a deterrent against Alzheimer’s, and they have identified the [...]

American Academy of Neurology – A diet rich in fish, omega-3 oils, fruits and vegetables may lower your risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, whereas consuming omega-6 rich oils could increase chances of developing memory problems, according to a study published in the November 13, 2007 issue of the medical journal Neurology®.
For the study, researchers [...]