Can Fish Oil help you lose weight

Hy guys, here is another article I have written on the benefits of fish oil for weight loss.

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Fish Oil seems to be one of the recent buzz words within the area of health and fitness at the present time. However does the research back up all the hype?

Well there seems to be some quite promising scientific studies coming out of late that show positive effects.

There is a long list of benefits established from taking fish oil. These include:

Reduction in heart attack risk
Reduced inflammation
Increased cardiovascular health
Increased brain function
All these benefits are scientifically proven in the literature.

Can Fish Oil help Fat loss?

As I have said previously there seems to be a buzz about fish oil as a superfood. A recent study from Australia, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, investigated the effect of taking fish oil (with a high component of DHA) or sunflower oil with either exercise or just on its own. The exercise component of the study consisted of walking for 45 mins at 75% max heart rate, 3 times per week.

The authors of the study found that when fish oil was taken without exercise the male subjects lost no weight however when they combined the supplementation with the exercise component they did in fact lose a significant amount of fat.

The mechanisms behind the fat loss, in combination with fish oil and exercise, are yet unknown but as the studies are completed to find this mechanism ,we will surely know once and for all how truly effective this product is for the use in helping individuals lose weight.

The quantities used to elicit fat loss range from 2-5 grams of EPA/DHA per day. A product with a higher ratio of DHA to EPA seems to be more favourable. Secondly the best time to take your fish oil is with food so the fish oil is not oxidized as energy.

I hope this helps in giving you an understanding of the advantages of fish oil supplementation. Even if you see no fat loss, the other benefits associated with the product are well known and in my belief everyone should be consuming fish oil as part of a healthy diet.