Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Omega-3s are deeply involved in brain cell membranes, neurotransmission, neuroinflammation, cerebral blood flow, and gene regulation.
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Omega-3s are deeply involved in brain cell membranes, neurotransmission, neuroinflammation, cerebral blood flow, and gene regulation.
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So, there's a lot of ways that omega-3 is really behind the scenes improving the way your brain is aging. And when you don't have omega-3 there, you know, not only is it not countering the inflammation, but it's affecting just global nutrient transport into your brain and global neurotransmission.
So, it's really just globally affecting neurotransmission. neuroplasticity. It's affecting the transporters, and it's affecting inflammation. So, there's a lot of ways that omega-3 is really behind the scenes improving the way your brain is aging.