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How Fish Oil Rescues Metabolism from Obesity

Friday, February 13, 2009 - Byron J. Richards, CCN
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DHA in particular, and fish oil in general, have been shown to have a powerful influence on the health and well being of your stored fat, as well as other aspects of metabolism such as insulin resistance.  In a new study working with the obese leptin-lacking mice, researchers demonstrated the precise novel ways in which fish oil can protect against obesity, even in an animal that has no choice but to become obese.

The fish oil raised the level of adiponectin in the white adipose tissue, which helps to calm down inflammation within stored fat.  Adiponectin also prevents insulin resistance and diabetes by improving how your liver can process sugar – which was demonstrated in this study.

Collectively, these benefits resulted in a decline of excess fat building up in the liver – preventing the very serious metabolic problem of fatty liver known as NASH (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis).  It is important to understand that this protection is occurring in an animal that literally has no choice but to become diseased from obesity and fish oil is stopping the process of disease progression.  This is a rather amazing study.

Additionally, the researchers discovered that fish oil was further metabolized into novel metabolic signaling compounds called protectins and resolvins, which were involved in many of the protective benefits of the omega-3 fatty acids.  This is an interesting new area of research.

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