The results suggest that pycnogenol promotes a protective antioxidant state by upregulating important enzymatic and nonenzymatic oxidant scavenging systems. The effect of dietary fish-oil supplementation on the survival of mice after a pneumonia infection was investigated. After 6 weeks, the mice were injected intramuscularly with pneumonia. Survival over 120 hours was significantly improved for mice fed a fish-oil enriched diet, compared with the survival curves for mice fed the other two diets. Alzheimer's disease is widespread.
Memory loss is one of the first symptoms of the di sease.
In the final stages of the illness, sufferers may not recognize the faces and names of their closest friends and relatives. Although there is no cure for Alzheimer's disease, drugs can reduce some of the symptoms. Previous studies suggested a protective effect of smoking on Alzheimer's disease, but the results of this study challenge this finding. The onset of the illness also occurred about four years earlier in smokers. Smoking not only increases the chances of getting the most common form of senile dementia, but it could also bring it on at a younger age.