Is the phrase "Fish makes u smarter" Fact or Myth?

Answer 1

The oils found in fish support brain development (in particular neuron firings). This may may not increase your IQ but it may improve your recall of knowledge that you already know. It might also assist in making learning easier.
Research on supplements, vitamins, etc. and their health claims is conducted by the US Government through
the National Institutes of Health and on this matter through the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Michael John Weaver, M.S.

Answer 2

I've never heard that phrase but I have heard that fish is a brain food meaning it in some manner causes your brain to grow or something. Seems kind of unlikely since people who eat a lot of fish would eventually have an exploding head from too much brain matter. I've got an idea that this whole brain-fish thing is an advertising gimmick dreamed up by some fisherman before the age of truth in advertising.

Answer 3

I was one of those unfortunates (maybe not) whose family believed that cod liver oil could do many things, including helping brain development. That was back in the late 30s and forties. The only thing I can absolutely state as a truth is that any kind of fish oil smell makes me nauseous. Would I know if it made me smarter, there's no way to tell.

Answer 4

It's a myth possibly based on Celtic beliefs that salmon was the oldest animal and wise because it ate hazlenuts. I happen to love both salmon & hazlenut coffee but I don't know if it makes me any smarter. Maybe just more of a smart aleck.

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Answer 5

If you can catch the smart fish, maybe. But it is only the dumb ones that get caught. Myth

Answer 6

Fish contains Omega 3 fatty acids which are anit-oxidants that possibly help your brain.

Answer 7

It is a myth, but fish oil is good for you!

Answer 8

Eating fish is suppose to be able to do just that.........................

FACT