A growing library of the omega-3 research we're following — summarized and categorized so you can find what matters to you.
During an 8-week fasting diet, krill oil supplementation helped preserve muscle mass and grip strength compared to placebo, even though total weight loss was the same in both groups.
A blend of green-lipped mussel and krill oil reduced post-exercise muscle soreness and better preserved joint range of motion than mussel oil alone.
In rats fed a high-cholesterol diet, fish oil supplementation reduced blood fat, inflammation, and vessel-stress markers similarly to the cholesterol drug atorvastatin.
In rats, an omega-3 fatty acid preparation reduced procarbazine-induced ovarian follicle loss, inflammation, and oxidative damage compared to chemotherapy alone.
In newborn piglets on IV nutrition, a plant-based omega-3 lipid emulsion was linked to lower brain inflammation and better energy/growth signaling in the brain compared with a fish oil-based emulsion.
A published letter raises questions about whether omega-3 supplement use during pregnancy in Belgium is consistent or selective, without providing new data.
Vegans had markedly lower omega-3 index scores and higher rates of vitamin D and iodine insufficiency compared to vegetarians and omnivores.
In women with endometriosis, adding fish-derived lipids to a healthy diet raised an anti-inflammatory marker (IL-10) and was linked to a greater chance of pain improvement, though most other outcomes showed no significant difference versus diet alone.
In heart failure patients, adding omega-3 supplements to a Mediterranean diet affected blood fat particle levels differently depending on whether the patient had muscle loss (sarcopenia).