* Regular exercise combined with fish oil supplements can improve cardiovascular and metabolic health more effectively than either treatment alone.
* Overweight volunteers with cardiovascular risk factors were randomised to receive daily fish oils (?1.9g omega-3 fatty acids), fish oils and exercise (45 min brisk walk 3 times per week), sunflower oil (6g) or sunflower oil and exercise for 12 weeks.
* Fish oil supplements reduced cardiovascular risk factors and weight and improved metabolic health and would therefore be a useful addition to an exercise program aimed at reducing weight and cardiovascular risk.
Shaun’s comment: This is an interesting study from the prestigious American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, looking at the cardiovascular benefits of fish oil supplements from a different angle. The results were as you would expect, but it is still good to have this confirmed in a high quality clinical study: if you are exercising in order to reduce weight and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, then taking a fish oil supplement can increase the benefits from the exercise.
Study reference:
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/85/5/1267
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