The Claim
Supplementation with low-dose marine oil from fish and green-lipped mussel sources at 173–199 mg/day of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids for six weeks results in similar increases in neutrophil eicosapentaenoic acid content, but only mussel oil supplementation increases neutrophil docosahexaenoic acid content in healthy adults.
What the research says
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Taking 173–199 mg per day of omega-3 fatty acids from fish or green-lipped mussel oil for six weeks increases neutrophil eicosapentaenoic acid to the same degree in healthy adults, but only mussel oil increases neutrophil docosahexaenoic acid.
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Low-dose marine oil supplementation from fish and green-lipped mussel sources at 173–199 mg/day of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids for six weeks produces similar increases in neutrophil eicosapentaenoic acid but only mussel oil increases docosahexaenoic acid in healthy adults.
When people take fish oil or mussel oil, both types of oil add the same amount of EPA into white blood cells called neutrophils, but only mussel oil adds more DHA because it contains more DHA and the body puts DHA into these cells more easily than EPA.
What the research says
1 studyThe study found that both fish oil and mussel oil raised one type of good fat (EPA) by about the same amount, but only mussel oil raised another good fat (DHA) — just like the claim said.
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