July 21, 2014 — A breakthrough in latest research indicates that omega-3 fish oil might protect the individual from these alcohol-related health conditions.
Continuous alcohol abuse leads to an increased risk of dementia and brain damage, as proven by several studies in the past. A breakthrough in latest research indicates that omega-3 fish oil might protect the individual from these alcohol-related health conditions.
Published by PLOS ONE journal, the study shows that fish oil protects the brain cells highly exposed to alcohol against neuronal cell death and inflammation.
"Fish oil has the potential of helping preserve brain integrity in chronic alcohol abusers," Dr. Michael Collins, one of the researchers of the study, says in a statement. "At the very least, it is unlikely that it would hurt them."
Study researchers made use of brain cells of an adult rat, which they exposed to high alcohol concentrations equivalent to around four times the legal driving limit and seen in chronic alcoholics. These brain cells were then compared with other cells exposed to the same alcohol amount and omega-3 docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a fish oil compound.
The researchers discovered less neuroinflammation and neuronal death in brain cells of up to 90 percent to cells exposed to alcohol and DHA than those cells with alcohol exposure alone.
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