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TL;DR: Old female mice given plasmalogens, a fat found in brain cell membranes, 5 days a week for 2 months did better on a memory maze than old mice given water. Their brains also showed more synapses and less inflammation, but this is a mouse study, not a hum…
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TL;DR: A 2026 biomarker analysis in Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health across antidepressant trials found that kynurenine pathway metabolites were elevated in inflammatory depression compared with non-inflammatory depression and healthy controls, while omega…
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Krill Oil vs Fish Oil: Which Omega-3 Source Wins Against Inflammation and Oxidative Stress? TL;DR: Krill oil has a slight edge for inflammation due to astaxanthin, but fish oil wins for raising blood omega-3 levels and long-term cardiovascular outcomes. Fish o…
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Fish Oil Supplements Aren’t the Villain TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the UK Biobank found that fish oil supplements show favorable associations with health outcomes—not harmful ones—contradicting recent alarming headlines about atrial fibrillation risk. Wh…
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