{"id":4422,"date":"2026-04-28T10:19:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/fish-oil-supplements-may-harm-memory\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:19:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:19:56","slug":"fish-oil-supplements-may-harm-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/fish-oil-supplements-may-harm-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish oil supplements may harm memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-04-28 10:19:54<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Fish oil supplements hailed as brain boosters could actually damage memory in some cases.<BR><br \/>\nNew research has sparked warnings from scientists that they may not be as universally beneficial as many believe, especially for people recovering from brain injuries.<BR><br \/>\nExperts at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) found the supplements could interfere with how the brain repairs itself after trauma.<BR><br \/>\nLead researcher Onder Albayram said: &#8220;Fish oil supplements are everywhere, and people take them for a range of reasons, often without a clear understanding of their long-term effects.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;But in terms of neuroscience, we still don\u2019t know whether the brain has resilience or resistance to this supplement.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nIn lab tests on mice, long-term fish oil use appeared to slow recovery after repeated mild head injuries. <BR><br \/>\nThe animals showed worsening memory and struggled with navigation tasks like completing mazes.<BR><br \/>\nScientists linked this to a build-up of eicosapentaenoic acid, or EPA, a key omega-3 found in fish oil, which may disrupt the brain\u2019s repair processes.<BR><br \/>\nOnder said: &#8220;In a sensitive brain state modelled in mice, long-term fish oil supplementation revealed a delayed vulnerability.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;The animals showed poorer neurological and spatial learning performance over time, together with clear evidence of vascular-associated tau accumulation in the cortex, linking impaired recovery to neurovascular dysfunction and perivascular tau pathology.\u201d<BR><br \/>\nFurther experiments on human brain cells suggested EPA reduced the ability of blood vessels in the brain to repair themselves, while another omega-3, DHA, appeared to have more positive effects.<BR><br \/>\nThe team also analysed post-mortem  brain tissue from people with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and found signs of disrupted fat balance linked to brain damage.<BR><br \/>\nDespite the findings, researchers stress the supplements are not inherently dangerous.<BR><br \/>\nOnder added: &#8220;I am not saying fish oil is good or bad in some universal way.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;What our data highlight is that biology is context-dependent.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nExperts stressed that more research is needed.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-04-28 10:19:54 Fish oil supplements hailed as brain boosters could actually damage memory in some cases. 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