Omega-3 fatty acids could help to protect women against Alzheimer's —with women "disproportionately impacted" by the disease compared to men.

It seems there is a noticeable loss of unsaturated fats, like those that contain omega fatty acids, in the blood of women with Alzheimer's disease compared to healthy women.

Scientists from King's College London came to this discovery through analysis of lipids—fat molecules that perform many essential functions in the body.

They found no significant difference in the same lipid molecule composition in men with Alzheimer's disease compared to healthy men.

This suggests—for the first time—that those lipids have a different role in the disease dependent on sex, according to the researchers.

Fats perform important roles in maintaining a healthy b

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