Brain & focus / omega-3 fatty acids
omega-3 fatty acids
Evidence for brain & focus, scored from the published research.
memory
promising51/100 Evidence ScoreConfidence: moderate3 studies1 RCT
Multiple human studies report a positive effect.
- 3 human studies (1,525 participants across the 1 with counts recorded; 2 review/meta-analysis not counted individually)
- Studies disagree with each other
- Still unknown: few longer-duration studies
References (3)
- Omega-3 fatty acids and cognitive decline: a systematic review.systematic review · Nutricion hospitalaria · 2019
- Effect of long-term omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation with or without multidomain intervention on cognitive function in elderly adults with memory complaints (MAPT): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial.randomized controlled trial (RCT) · The Lancet. Neurology · 2017
- Omega-3 fatty acids and cognitive function.meta-analysis · Current opinion in lipidology · 2023
Evidence Scores are computed mechanically from the published research (PubMed / Semantic Scholar / OpenAlex): study design, participant numbers, and consistency across studies. An LLM is used only to extract study data, never to decide a score.
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