Obesity and Omega 3 fatty acids

Posted by Gray Sahacrash | January 21st, 2010 in Obesity, Vitamin in Diet | No Comments »

 Omega 3 fatty acids

According to a recent study published in The FASEB Journal, found that diets rich in omega-3 protects the liver from damage by obesity and insulin resistance.

This research should be taken by doctors and nutritionists as valuable information, in recommending the formulation of diets for weight loss and help explain why some obese patients are more likely to suffer complications associated with obesity.

As we know omega-3 can be found in fish and canola oil, “the study demonstrates for the first time that lipids resolvins called protectins and derivatives of omega-3s may reduce the incidence of liver complications, such as steatosis liver and insulin resistance, obesity, “said Joan Claria, a professor at the University of Barcelona and one of the researchers involved in this work.

The scientists found that two types of lipids in omega-3, “protectins and resolvins” were the cause of the protective effect.

In reaching this conclusion, studied four groups of mice with an altered gene being why obese and diabetic.

One group received an omega-3-enriched diet and the second group received a control diet, the third group received docosahexaenoic acid, and the fourth received only lipid resolvin.

After five weeks, blood serum and liver from test samples of mice were examined, those with diets rich in omega-3, had less liver inflammation of insulin and improved tolerance, caused by the formation of protectins and resolvins omega-3.

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