I hope everyone had a great weekend!
In some past blogs, I mentioned how fish oil is good for your brain and also that it may help with weight loss.
Well, let's add appetite control to that list.
In a study out of Spain, researchers reported fish oil to decrease appetite.
They assigned overweight subjects to one of 4 diets:
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No seafood + 6 placebo capsules
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150 grams of lean fish, 3 days per week (provided less than 260 milligrams of
omega-3 fatty acids)
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150 grams of salmon, 3 days per week (provided more than 1.3 grams of omega-3 fatty acids)
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6 fish oil capsules per day (provided more than 1.3 grams of omega-3 fatty acids)
They then had the subjects rate their satiety after a test meal. The subjects receiving either the salmon or the fish oil reported being more full and less hungry than the subjects on the other diets.
Scientists aren't quite sure how the omega-3 fats help to control appetite. It may have something to do with the fact they are involved in the transport of appetite-regulating chemicals in the brain.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. There are three supplements that I think everyone should take....a basic multivitamin, extra vitamin D, and fish oil. The benefits of fish oil are just too overwhelming to not take it.