AREDS-Inspired Study Challenges Omega-3 Cognitive Benefit Claims

Omega-3 supplementation had no impact on cognitive function in a five-year assessment of elderly people participating in AREDS2 research, say NIH researchers. But they add in the JAMA study that longer-term use of omega-3s could result in a different outcome.

Research stemming from the National Institutes of Health’s Age-Related Eye Disease Study found no impact in older persons’ cognitive function from supplementation over a five-year period with omega-3 fatty acids or lutein/zeaxanthin.

Subjects participating in AREDS2 were evaluated in a related study on yearly change for composite scores from a battery of...