Effect Of Dietary Fish Oil On Body Fat Mass And Basal Fat Oxidation In Healthy Adults
| Effect | Increase |
| Trial Design | Non-controlled trial |
| Trial Length | 2-4 Weeks |
| Number of Subjects | 6 |
| Sex | Male |
| Age Range | 18-29 |
| Body Types | Average |
In young and healthy lean men on a controlled diet, the substitution of 6g of fatty acids for 6g of fish oil was able to increase fat loss from insignificant over 3 weeks to -0.88 +/- 0.16kg; a minor but significant effect that was associated with increases in fat oxidation but not metabolic rate.
