No effects of omega‑3 supplements on Alzheimer’s symptoms

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | November 2, 2010 |

The L.A. Times reports today the neg­a­tive results of the lat­est ran­dom­ized tri­al test­ing the effects of DHA sup­ple­ments on Alzheimer’s symp­toms (DHA is an omega‑3 fat­ty acid). The study … exam­ined 402 peo­ple with mild to mod­er­ate Alzheimer’s. They were ran­dom­ly assigned to take 2 grams a day of omega‑3 cap­sules con­tain­ing docosa­hexaenoic acid…

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‘Western’ Style Diet Increases Risk of ADHD

By Dr. David Rabiner | September 24, 2010 |

I recent­ly report­ed on an intrigu­ing study exam­in­ing the impact of an herbal treat­ment for youth with ADHD. Results from this ran­­dom­ized-con­trolled tri­al were quite promis­ing and con­sis­tent with the idea that some indi­vid­u­als with ADHD have defi­cien­cies in essen­tial nutri­ents that com­pro­mise healthy brain devel­op­ment and result in ADHD symp­toms. This idea has sparked…

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Can food improve brain health?

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | September 8, 2008 |

In oth­er words, may some foods be specif­i­cal­ly good for brain func­tion? For a great in-depth review of the effects of food on the brain you can check out Fer­nan­do Gomez-Pinil­la’s recent arti­cle in Nature Reviews Neu­ro­science (ref­er­ence below). Here is an overview of the state off the research. Sev­er­al com­po­nents of diet seem to…

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