Does Fish Oil Burn Body Fat?
Recently, a study came out in the May, 2007 issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition which showed that fish oil supplementation helps improve HDL (good cholesterol) and triglyceride levels in the blood. It also showed that fish oil may help with body fat loss.
In the study, participants were divided into four groups. One group took 6 grams of fish oil per day, another took the fish oil and walked 45 minutes three times per week, a third took 6 grams of sunflower oil per day, and a last group that took sunflower oil and exercised three times a week.
After twelve weeks, researchers discovered that the group who exercised and took fish oil lost a lot more fat than the group who exercised and took sunflower oil.
While the study was not very large (results from 65 people were analyzed), it certainly is interesting. I’m not a hundred percent convinced that fish oil burns body fat, but given all the other well known beneficial effects of fish oil, I recommend taking it unless you are on blood thinners or have bleeding problems.