Can eating fish protect your hearing?

What’s that? Eat more fish to hear better in older age?

A new study in the US has linked fish consumption in women with a lower risk of developing hearing loss in later years.

The study analysed data from a study of more than 65,000 woman between 1991 and 2009, particularly looking at the consumption of fish, long-chain omega fatty acids (PUFAs, which occur naturally in many types of fish) and self-reported hearing loss.

What did they find? That consuming two or more servings of fish per week was associated with a lower risk of hearing loss.

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“Regular fish consumption and higher intake of long-chain omega-3 PUFAs are associated with lower risk of hearing loss in women,” write the study authors in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.