Comparing notes with Fiona in another thread has led to the question of fish oil and PD. I seem to be benefiting greatly from it at a dose of a tablespoon per day. Has anyone else used it regularly, at what dose, and what benefit?

I had assumed that there was enough research on it to answer the question of its basic benefit but was surprised that "PD + fish oil" only turned up nineteen hits. Once again, a basic question has gone unasked. Here was the most recent one-


1: J Nutr. 2008 Dec;138(12):2521-2.

(n-6) and (n-3) Polyunsaturated fatty acids and the aging brain: food for
thought.

Whelan J.

Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1920, USA.
jwhelan@utk.edu

Over the last decade, the role of dietary PUFA in growth, development, and
cognitive function in the infant has been a topic at numerous national and
international meetings. Only recently has the role of PUFA been more seriously
examined as they relate to the aging brain. In fact, a search of the literature
reveals very few randomized control trials exploring this research area. However,
the literature reveals growing mechanistic evidence that cognitive function of
the aging brain can be preserved, or loss of function can be diminished with
docosahexaenoic acid, a long-chain (n-3) PUFA. Furthermore, no symposia have
taken a serious look at the impact of (n-6) PUFA on the brain, in particular
arachidonic acid (AA), the most highly concentrated (n-6) PUFA in the brain. This
symposium explores the role of AA metabolism in the brain as it relates to
neurological mood disorders. To that end, this symposium was designed to
highlight the potential effects of dietary PUFA on the adult brain, an important
issue given the growing elderly population in this country and the growing
problems with neurological disorders (dementia, Alzheimer disease, Parkinson
disease, bipolar disorders, etc.).


PMID: 19022982 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...ubmed_RVDocSum