Bolstering the growing belief that diet has an impact on Alzheimer's disease, a new study finds that older people who eat fish once a week can cut their chances of getting the illness by more than 50 percent.

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Researchers at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago found that people 65 and older who had fish once a week had a 60 percent lower risk of Alzheimer's, compared to those who never or rarely ate fish.

Health benefits of fish held up
The meals included tuna sandwiches, fishsticks and shellfish. The study did not specify the amounts consumed, Fox News reports.

The study, published July 21 in the Archives of Neurology, found the health benefits of fish held up even after adjusting for age, sex, ethnicity and risk factors like heart disease. (HealthDayNews)

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