Dementia

There are currently over 100 different forms of dementia and according to the UK�s Alzheimer�s Society: �Dementia currently affects over 750,000 people in the UK. Approximately 18,000 people with dementia are under the age of 65. Dementia affects one person in 20 over the age of 65 and one person in five over the age of 80. The number of people with dementia is steadily increasing. Alzheimer�s disease is the most common form of dementia, making up 55 per cent of all cases of dementia. There are nearly 18 million people with dementia in the world.�  

Recently clinical trials have been carried out which investigated the possibility of treating dementia with fatty acids. One focussed on Huntington�s Chorea, the other on Alzheimer�s Disease. Both had positive results indicating that some forms of dementia can be treated with fatty acid supplementation, specifically with the omega-3 fatty acid, EPA and the omega-6 fatty acid, GLA.