Salmon Nigiri Sushi (photo by Michael Connors, courtesy of morguefile.com)

There’s some old folk wisdom that fish is brain food and today’s scientists continue to find evidence supporting that belief.

An article published by CBS News reports that researchers “have found that older adults whose diets include three or more weekly helpings of baked or broiled tuna and other fish high in omega-3 fatty acids are less likely to develop ‘silent’ brain lesions that can lead to cognitive decline and vascular stroke.”

The research was conducted by the University of Kuopio in Finland and the results have been published in Neurology. The University’s Jyrki Virtanen, PhD, RD, is quoted by CBS News as a saying, “"While eating tuna and other types of fish seems to help protect against memory loss and stroke, these results were not found in people who regularly ate fried fish."

Besides tuna, commonly available fish that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids include salmon, mackerel, herring, sardines, and anchovies.

If you’d like to read the CBS News article cited above go to: Fish May Boost Memory, Prevent Stroke