Will Fish Oil Enhance Weight Loss?
We have been told that fish oil (omega-3 fatty acids) improves cardiovascular health and prior evidence from animal studies have shown that omega-3 fatty acids promote weight loss. Because fish oil possibly has many other potential health benefits, including cutting cholesterol, improving insulin sensitivity, and reducing blood pressure, “weight-loss programs associated with the use of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids seemed appropriate to the investigators.” Investigators randomly assigned 128 sedentary…
