Fish and Slowed Progression of White Matter Hyperintensities

• Fish consumption and brain structure: a comprehensive systematic review of observational studies.

  • 2026-04-11
  • Systematic Review · n = 24
  • Aging clinical and experimental research 38(1)
  • • Justyna Godos
    • Giuseppe Caruso
    • Agnieszka Micek
    • Alberto Dolci
    • Zoltan Ungvari
    • Andrea Lehoczki
    • Lisandra Leon
    • Evelyn Frias-Toral
    • Andrea Di Mauro
    • Mario Siervo
    • Michelino Di Rosa
    • Giuseppe Grosso

  • PubMed: 41963547
  • DOI: 10.1007/s40520-026-03363-x

  5 Insights on

  • Slowed Progression of White Matter Hyperintensities

  • High evidence
  • Elderly

  Inclusion of fish in a healthy and balanced diet is associated with better white matter grades on MRI and slower progression of white matter hyperintensities and reduction of vascular-related lesions of the aging brain

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  not specified (dietary fish consumption)