Well this is a question for your doctor to answer. Ask for a detailed analysis with research links as to what you should be doing with fish oil. I however will keep taking it. Don't follow me, I'm not medically trained.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/08/26/study-questions-benefits-fish-oil-supplements/
If your daily routine involves taking a fish oil pill for your brain
health, you may want to rethink that. In the largest and longest in
duration study of its kind, researchers found that taking omega-3
supplements did not slow cognitive decline, The Washington Post
reported.
The study included 4,000 participants at risk for developing
age-related macular degeneration, a major cause of vision loss among
older Americans. They found omega-3 supplements had no statistically
significant effect on cognitive function.
"The supplements just don't cut it," Emily Chew, deputy clinical
director at the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes
of Health, told The Washington Post. "If people are thinking [taking
them] is going to help cognitive function, it's not going to do so among
the older age group."
Researchers added that eating foods naturally high in omega-3 fatty
acids, such as salmon, flaxseed and walnuts, was a better choice for
all-around brain and heart health.
Study participants were randomly assigned to one of four groups and
were tested on their immediate recall, attention and memory at the
beginning of the study, then two and four years later.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical
Association, only looked at the impact of supplements, researchers
noted, not foods high in omega-3.
Study participants had an average age of 73.
"We don't know whether these supplements might be beneficial at an
earlier age," Chew told The Washington Post. "At 73, it's very hard to
turn the clock back."
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