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Taking a daily omega-3 supplement for 3 months can calm down the immune system in your fat tissue, even if you're at a normal weight—like turning down the volume on inflammation signals that don't need to be so loud.

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Modification of subcutaneous white adipose tissue inflammation by omega-3 fatty acids is limited in human obesity-a double blind, randomised clinical trial

Randomized Controlled Trial
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2022 Mar

This study gave healthy people omega-3 fish oil pills for 12 weeks and found their fat tissue showed less signs of inflammation, exactly as the claim says.

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Modification of subcutaneous white adipose tissue inflammation by omega-3 fatty acids is limited in human obesity-a double blind, randomised clinical trial

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.103909

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When people are obese, their fat tissue doesn’t make enough of a special protein that helps turn omega-3s from fish oil into anti-inflammatory messengers—so the omega-3s don’t work as well to reduce inflammation.

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Taking fish oil supplements (which have EPA and DHA) might help calm down skin inflammation by boosting natural healing chemicals and lowering inflammation signs, but sometimes it works really well and other times it doesn’t — it’s inconsistent.

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Omega-3s might help calm down inflammation in the body, which could make life easier for people with joint pain or autoimmune diseases.

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Even if an obese person doesn’t have diabetes or high blood pressure, their fat tissue is still stuck in 'alarm mode'—it’s not calming down like it should, which might make them more likely to get sick.

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