What's Good for Brain Health?

15 top supplements for heart, brain, digestive and women's health

Brain Health
 
With 40 million Americans experiencing anxiety disorder and one in 10 adults reporting depression, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, brain health is at the top of customers’ minds. And although wildly popular, pharmaceutical antidepressants can cause side effects like fatigue and nausea. “People often can’t slow down enough to treat the causes [of depression and anxiety],” Lucille says. “So supplementing to help get through the day has become very popular.”

Fish oil

As with heart health, fish oil stands above all supps for brain health, according to our experts’ recommendations and SPINS’ reports, which show that depressed people spent almost $57 million on fish oil in natural products stores. “A higher intake of the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil has been associated with a reduced risk for depression and other mood disorders,” Pizzorno says.

How it works: “EPA and DHA are known to alter membrane fluidity, gene expression, inflammatory proteins and other neurotrophins known to be abnormal in depressed patients,” Pizzorno explains. “While EPA alone may affect depression, I prefer a supplement with both EPA and DHA; clinical trials have used doses of 2 to 7 grams in combination.”

Take note: Results of studies on fish-oil supplements’ effect on mental health vary, suggesting that their performance may depend on the severity of depression, the exact type of mental disorder and whether fish oil is used alone or in conjunction with other treatments affect the success of supplementation.

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