New research by the University of Kyoto in Japan indicates that the consumption of fish oil helps fight weight gain, especially in adults who have reached middle age. According to the study, which is published in the journal Scientific Reports, consuming fish oil transforms fat-storing cells into fat-burning cells, thus stopping the body from adding fat and helping it burn fat.
The scientist found that fish oil activates receptors in the digestive tract which induce fat storage cells to metabolize fat.
Read more: Iceland among countries where people live the longest
A report on the website of the University of Kyoto explains that fat tissues don't all store fat. Instead, humans have three types of fat cells. White fat cells, which store fat in order to maintain energy supply, brown fat cells which metabolize fat to maintain a stable body temperature and recently discovered beige cells, which function much like brown cells. Both brown and beige cells decrease in number as people approach mid-age, reducing the ability of the body to metabolize fat. As a result people tend to add weight as they grow older.
The scientists fed one group of mice regular fatty foods while another group ate food with fish oil. The mice that ate food with fish oil gained 5-10% less weight and 15-25% less fat compared to those that did not consume fish oil. The scientists also found that beige cells formed from white fat cells in the mice that ate fish oil, suggesting fat-storage cells were being converted to fat metabolizing cells.
Read more: The Icelandic diet of fresh fish and high quality meat is the healthiest in the world
People have said that food from Japan and the Mediterranean regions contributes to longevity, but why it was good was up for debate … Now we have better insight into why that is,” one of the scientists says in a report on the website of the University of Kyoto. It should be added that Icelandic diets are also high in fish and fish oil.
Consuming a lot of fish is obviously a good way to add fish oil to your diet, but the easiests is to simply add a spoonful of fish liver oil to your breakfast. Generations of Icelanders have grown up with the tradition of taking one spoonful of Lýsi, or cod liver oil, with their breakfast. Since cod liver oil has a strong taste most people down a glass of orange juice as a chaser, just to get rid of the taste, or substitute the spoonful with cod liver capsules.
New research by the University of Kyoto in Japan indicates that the consumption of fish oil helps fight weight gain, especially in adults who have reached middle age. According to the study, which is published in the journal Scientific Reports, consuming fish oil transforms fat-storing cells into fat-burning cells, thus stopping the body from adding fat and helping it burn fat.
The scientist found that fish oil activates receptors in the digestive tract which induce fat storage cells to metabolize fat.
Read more: Iceland among countries where people live the longest
A report on the website of the University of Kyoto explains that fat tissues don't all store fat. Instead, humans have three types of fat cells. White fat cells, which store fat in order to maintain energy supply, brown fat cells which metabolize fat to maintain a stable body temperature and recently discovered beige cells, which function much like brown cells. Both brown and beige cells decrease in number as people approach mid-age, reducing the ability of the body to metabolize fat. As a result people tend to add weight as they grow older.
The scientists fed one group of mice regular fatty foods while another group ate food with fish oil. The mice that ate food with fish oil gained 5-10% less weight and 15-25% less fat compared to those that did not consume fish oil. The scientists also found that beige cells formed from white fat cells in the mice that ate fish oil, suggesting fat-storage cells were being converted to fat metabolizing cells.
Read more: The Icelandic diet of fresh fish and high quality meat is the healthiest in the world
People have said that food from Japan and the Mediterranean regions contributes to longevity, but why it was good was up for debate … Now we have better insight into why that is,” one of the scientists says in a report on the website of the University of Kyoto. It should be added that Icelandic diets are also high in fish and fish oil.
Consuming a lot of fish is obviously a good way to add fish oil to your diet, but the easiests is to simply add a spoonful of fish liver oil to your breakfast. Generations of Icelanders have grown up with the tradition of taking one spoonful of Lýsi, or cod liver oil, with their breakfast. Since cod liver oil has a strong taste most people down a glass of orange juice as a chaser, just to get rid of the taste, or substitute the spoonful with cod liver capsules.
