Omega-3s: Are “Brain-Boosting” Effects Scientifically Backed?

Post by mancerayder » Fri, Jan 27, 2023, 7:18 PM UTC

nervousvarun wrote: post #84

mamonster wrote: post #18

I mean, that's kind of the gist of supplements as a whole, you only take them if you cannot replicate it using a normal diet/lifestyle. The biggest example for this IMO is Vitamin D. If you can spend time in the Sun regularly every day, you won't ever need to touch vitamin D. But how realistic is that for most people ? The only supplement I've encountered so far that has a noticeable effect that cannot be reproduced…

Creatine...would say especially if you're male, is such a game-changer. Recently got my dad who is in his 70s to start taking it and it's been enormously positive for him. Really good stuff. Personally think it's probably equally valuable for women but can't get my wife to take it (worried about the bloating which is a thing). To your point it would be very difficult to get the equivalent creatine from your diet. Wou…

Post by Py-o7 » Fri, Jan 27, 2023, 7:33 PM UTC

godshatter wrote: post #123

weavie wrote: post #11

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I guess the argument would be that you don't know for sure whether your diet does provide all the nutrients your body needs, so supplements could be used to fill in any gaps. The assumption being that your body will just dispose of any excess safely.

There is also the triage theory of aging where the idea is that when micronutrient levels are low (not low enough to cause acute symptoms but below the recommended daily allowance), they are triaged and used where needed (such as ATP production) at the expense of being used normally. The theory is that this can cause long-term problems such as neural decay, cancer, and other signs of aging. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.g…

Post by Py-o7 » Fri, Jan 27, 2023, 7:39 PM UTC

johnyzee wrote: post #138

ilostmyshoes wrote: post #25

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You you can just buy cold pressed flax oil and supplement with that. ~30 USD for ~1L iirc and it has an absolute assload of ALA (omega3) Hemp seed oil is a good one for omega6 but usually people get enough 6 from diet and 3 is the one we need to boost to get the 3:6 ratio up https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid_ratio_in_food

ALA must be converted to EPA and DHA, which it does at less than 10% efficiency, so you'd need to consume an assload of it, too. Your best bet is still fish(oil).

Post by abeppu » Fri, Jan 27, 2023, 7:56 PM UTC

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> anyone who has looked into the evidence around nootropics can tell you that pretty much nobody wants to study that There's a class of areas where lots of non-experts are interested, but doing studies large enough to detect modest effect sizes with high confidence is too expensive. Nutrition can do either large survey studies, or small controlled experiments. Exercise researchers often have to work with a small numb…

> I feel like the hardest parts are getting participants to adhere to their assigned intervention, and preventing participants with a pre-existing agenda from joining. This combined with perverse incentives are why it's not possible. Non-experts with the resources to solve these problems are generally trying to sell you something, and aren't particularly interested in the truth.

Post by bazmattaz » Fri, Jan 27, 2023, 9:16 PM UTC