Dr. McKee's Health Matters » weigh loss http://www.dwightmckee.com Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:54:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Omega-3 fatty acids may help reduce obesity http://www.dwightmckee.com/2009/09/05/uncategorized/35650/ http://www.dwightmckee.com/2009/09/05/uncategorized/35650/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:34:05 +0000 Dwight McKee http://www.dwightmckee.com/?p=35650 OK, so fish oil isn’t going to make you lose those extra 30 pounds you’re carrying. But it appears that keeping your omega-3 intake high, and your omega-6 intake (meat, poultry, warm weather vegetable oils) low, may contribute to making it easier to maintain a healthy weight—not to mention a healthy heart, healthy brain, healthy joints, healthy immune system, etc. etc…..

A recent study found:

Higher blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids may help reduce obesity, according to a new study from Australia’s University of Newcastle.

Omega-3 levels in people who are a healthy weight are 15 percent higher than in those who are overweight, the researchers reported in the British Journal of Nutrition.

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