Don't Want to End Up a Crazy Old Bat? Eat Fish!

We all know that fish and fish oil is good for your skin and your heart and blah, blah, blah. But a new study suggests that a fish-heavy diet may also help to ward off dementia.

The study, which included 15,000 people ages 65 and older in China, India, Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico, Peru and the Dominican Republic, found that those who ate fish nearly every day were almost 20 percent less likely to develop dementia than those who ate fish just a few days a week. Adults who ate fish a few days a week were almost 20 percent less likely to develop dementia than those who ate no fish at all.

“There is a gradient effect, so the more fish you eat, the less likely you are to get dementia,” said Dr. Emiliano Albanese, a clinical epidemiologist at King’s College London and the senior author of the study. “Exactly the opposite is true for meat,” he added. “The more meat you eat, the more likely you are to have dementia.” Other studies have shown that red meat in particular may be bad for the brain. [NYT]

Just another excuse to go out for sushi more often, right? But that red meat thing is going to kill us...

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