Is it true that Omega 3 supplements can suppress appetite?

misshoneyz2dab
misshoneyz2dab Posts: 62 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I heard it from somewhere.

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Google?
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    Only if you consume a lot of them. Of course, since Omega-3 is fat, you'd be consuming a lot of Calories, so it would be pretty much a worthless endeavor.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    edited October 2016
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23474089

    Fish oil-supplementation increases appetite in healthy adults. A randomized controlled cross-over trial.
    Damsbo-Svendsen S1, Rønsholdt MD, Lauritzen L.
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    Abstract
    Marine n-3 fatty acids are hypothesized to have beneficial effects on obesity and cancer cachexia possibly via an effect on appetite. The aim of this study was to investigate, if fish oil-supplementation affects appetite in healthy individuals. In a randomized cross-over study, 20 normal-weight subjects (50% females) were given ten 0.5-mL capsules/day of fish oil or soybean oil for 3 weeks separated by 1-week wash-out. In the end of each period, appetite was assessed by 10-cm visual analog scales immediately before and after a standardized breakfast. Results were analyzed in accordance with the paired design considering oil sequence and gender. All subjects completed both periods with a compliance of 96% and oil sequence did not affect the results. There was no difference between the two supplements in any pre-breakfast appetite scores, but the post-prandial sensation of being full was 1.21 cm (0.20; 2.22) lower after the fish oil-period. Furthermore, there was a supplement × gender-interaction on "desire to eat more" due to a score increase of 1.09 cm (0.28; 1.90) in women only. These results suggest that marine n-3 fatty acid may increase appetite. This finding would be potentially beneficial for patients with compromised nutritional status.
    Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    In my n=1, Omega 3s have no appetite suppressing affect.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    In my n=1, Omega 3s have no appetite suppressing affect.

    Make that n=2
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    No.
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    edited October 2016
    If you intake sufficient Omega-3's I bet eventually it would supress your appetite. Fat does tend to do that eventually. If you are talking about taking it in terms of miligrams in pill form then I highly doubt it.
  • Red_Pill
    Red_Pill Posts: 300 Member
    TR0berts wrote: »
    Only if you consume a lot of them. Of course, since Omega-3 is fat, you'd be consuming a lot of Calories, so it would be pretty much a worthless endeavor.

    Exactly. It'll take a bucket load to have that effect which will ultimately be counter productive due to it using up a good portion of your calories.
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