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Taking fish oil supplements daily for 12 weeks helps lean people reduce body fat inflammation and boost a helpful anti-inflammatory compound, but if you're obese, even though your body gets the same amount of fish oil, you don’t get these anti-inflammatory benefits.
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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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2022 MarThe study found that omega-3 supplements help reduce fat inflammation in people of normal weight, but not in obese people — even though both groups get the same amount of omega-3s in their tissues. So the claim is right: it works for some, not others.
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