Thursday, November 4, 2010

Dementia

Dementia, Memory improvement with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) Study (MIDAS) has published online in March 2010 and in the print edition in November of Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association has shown that function algal DHA improved memory in healthy older adults, providing a benefit roughly equivalent to having learning ability and memory of someone three years younger. MIDAS is the first large randomized placebo controlled cons demonstrating the benefits of algae DHA in maintaining and improving brain health in older people. The aim of MIDAS was to evaluate the effects of algal DHA on cognitive outcomes of healthy elderly with mild memory complaints. Martek Biosciences funded the study. MIDAS found that healthy people over age 55 with memory impairment who took 900 mg of DHA algae capsules for six months had nearly twice the reduction of errors on a test that measures learning and memory compared to those who took placeb

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