The Claim

In healthy older adults, 12 weeks of resistance exercise training combined with daily fish oil supplementation (2.5-3g EPA+DHA) significantly increases fatty acid oxidation during rest and reduces systemic inflammation markers interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein compared to resistance exercise training alone.

Source: Fish oil administration combined with resistance exercise training improves strength, resting metabolic rate, and inflammation in older adults

What the research says

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Cause and effect
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In plain English

In healthy older adults, combining daily fish oil supplements with 12 weeks of resistance training increases fat burning at rest and lowers levels of the inflammatory markers interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein compared to resistance training without fish oil.

See the scientific wording

In healthy older adults, 12 weeks of resistance exercise training combined with daily fish oil supplementation (approximately 2.5-3g EPA+DHA) significantly increases fatty acid oxidation during rest and reduces systemic inflammation markers interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein, compared to resistance training alone, suggesting that fish oil enhances metabolic and anti-inflammatory adaptations to exercise in aging.

Why this might work

Fish oil fats enter muscle and liver cells, where they get used as fuel by mitochondria to burn more fat at rest. These same fats also block a key inflammation switch inside cells, which stops the production of inflammatory signals that circulate in the blood.

Supported mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Fish oil administration combined with resistance exercise training improves strength, resting metabolic rate, and inflammation in older adults

    When older adults did strength training and took fish oil daily, they burned more fat at rest and had less inflammation in their blood than those who only did strength training. Fish oil made the exercise even better for their metabolism and immune health.

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