Can Omega 3 Help With Weight Loss?
The weight loss industry is a multi-million dollar money making machine. The truth about losing weight is that it is far more complicated than we may be led to believe. Our attempts to lose weight are not entirely dictated by the number of calories we eat versus how much we exercise. It also depends on inherited factors such as how our metabolism works, our levels of insulin and how our intake of calories is made up. A study reported in the Journal of Obesity on the effects of Omega 3 on weight loss showed that the participants taking 6gm of Omega 3 in the form of fish oil lost 2 lbs or 0.9 kg in three weeks. If it doesn’t seem a lot then look at it over a year and it adds out to 34 lbs or 15.5 kg and that is without any other changes in their diet. A second study again gave 6gm of Omega 3 as fish oil but also introduced 45 minutes exercise three times a week. This is the recommended amount of exercise for maintaining normal fitness levels without weight loss. The study found that the
