Should You Supplement with Omega-3's?

Omega-3 supplements are consumed by more than 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. who consume supplements. But are they beneficial? This week, we're looking at the best evidence in the medical literature to help answer that question.

I'll also be hosting a live Facebook Q&A and discussion on this topic. Find out more inside the group.

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Your host, Nicholas Cohen, MD, is a board-certified Family Physician with over a decade of clinical experience. He specializes in longevity, and is the founder of HealthScore, the Ultimate Longevity Program.

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[matteonicoli]

I’ve been in a high stress situation for three months. I ate little carbs and twice a day, a salad Italian dressing, raw broccoli 🥦, union and tuna. In Teams meetings, people did spontaneously say I looked better. Did also daily long walks.

[Malcolm-Achtman]

In results - Page 2 of 4... Death from stroke and hemorrhagic stroke and death from any cause was a bit higher in the group taking Omega-3.

[Malcolm-Achtman]

Like Dr. Nicholas, I lean more toward eating fish (usually salmon) several times per week rather than take an omega-3 supplement. A few carnivore experts I follow are really knocking omega-3 supplementation due to the risk of the oil being oxidized, which won't do your health any favors.

[Malcolm-Achtman]

Some experts I follow would say with the use of just 1000 mg per day in this study, they didn't use enough omega-3 supplementation to produce any meaningful result.

[Malcolm-Achtman]

I don't care for these sorts of studies because in real life with real people there are a zillion other things going on that could affect the outcomes being tracked. In fact, that's probably the reason no particularly strong results were observed anywhere in the study.