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Does cod liver oil burn fat

  • 24-06-2009 11:27am
    #1
    Heisenberg1
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    Hi i heard that cod liver oil is a good fat burner is that true??

    anybody know??


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  • #2
    Nate--IRL--
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    luzon wrote: »
    Hi i heard that cod liver oil is a good fat burner is that true??

    anybody know??

    Short answer :- No
    Long answer :- No, A good exercise program and a good diet is a good fat burner.

    Nate


  • #3
    d'Oracle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,025 ✭✭✭d'Oracle


    luzon wrote: »
    Hi i heard that cod liver oil is a good fat burner is that true??

    anybody know??

    It is fat.
    And food cant burn fat.....
    I suggest you have a look at a leaving cert biology book.
    No offence.


  • #4
    Racy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭Racy


    It won't burn fat but it is a very good supplement which you should take daily, you can get some high dosage tabs from myprotein.co.uk I haven't seen the high dosage ones in the shops, if anyone knows anywhere please pass on the knowledge


  • #5
    Transform
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    NO - well not quite and a bit quick to jump in there lads..............

    Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2009 Mar;12(2):138-46. Links
    Prevention of insulin resistance by n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.

    PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Review results from recent human and animal studies regarding the effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) in the prevention of insulin resistance. RECENT FINDINGS: Overall, results from animal studies indicate that fish oil and individual n-3 PUFA [alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)] prevented insulin resistance in animal models; results from two studies in mice showed that EPA increased insulin secretion. ALA, EPA, and DHA may act at different sites and involve different mechanisms. Fish oil or purified EPA reduced insulin resistance in some but not other human studies in normal weight and obese individuals. Discrepancies may be due to differences in health status of participants, macronutrient, fatty acid, and antioxidant nutrient composition of basal diet; amount, duration, and fatty acid composition of n-3 PUFA, and methods used to assess insulin resistance. Moderate amounts of n-3 PUFA did not improve or deteriorate glucose control in type 2 diabetics. SUMMARY: n-3 PUFA supplementation has clinical significance in the prevention and reversal of insulin resistance. However, increased intake of n-3 PUFA should be part of an overall healthy lifestyle that includes weight control, exercise, and reduction in the intake of refined sugars, n-6, saturated, and trans fatty acids.

    Int J Obes (Lond). 2007 Oct;31(10):1560-6. Epub 2007 May 15. Links
    Randomized trial of weight-loss-diets for young adults varying in fish and fish oil content.

    OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of including seafood and fish oils, as part of an energy-restricted diet, on weight loss in young overweight adults. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial of energy-restricted diet varying in fish and fish oil content was followed for 8 weeks. Subjects were randomized to one of four groups: (1) control (sunflower oil capsules, no seafood); (2) lean fish (3 x 150 g portions of cod/week); (3) fatty fish (3 x 150 g portions of salmon/week); (4) fish oil (DHA/EPA capsules, no seafood). The macronutrient composition of the diets was similar between the groups and the capsule groups, were single-blinded. SUBJECTS: A total of 324 men and women aged 20-40 years, BMI 27.5-32.5 kg/m(2) from Iceland, Spain and Ireland. MEASUREMENTS: Anthropometric data were collected at baseline, midpoint and endpoint. Confounding factors were accounted for, with linear models, for repeated measures with two-way interactions. The most important interactions for weight loss were (diet x energy intake), (gender x diet) and (gender x initial-weight). RESULTS: An average man in the study (95 kg at baseline receiving 1600 kcal/day) was estimated to lose 3.55 kg (95% CI, 3.14-3.97) (1); 4.35 kg (95% CI, 3.94-4.75) (2); 4.50 kg (95% CI, 4.13-4.87) (3) and 4.96 kg (95% CI, 4.53-5.40) on diet (4) in 4 weeks, from baseline to midpoint. The weight-loss from midpoint to endpoint was 0.45 (0.41-0.49) times the observed weight loss from baseline to midpoint. The diets did not differ in their effect on weight loss in women. Changes in measures of body composition were in line with changes in body weight. CONCLUSION: In young, overweight men, the inclusion of either lean or fatty fish, or fish oil as part of an energy-restricted diet resulted in approximately 1 kg more weight loss after 4 weeks, than did a similar diet without seafood or supplement of marine origin. The addition of seafood to a nutritionally balanced energy-restricted diet may boost weight loss.

    can they help yes!!!

    Are they going to matter if your diet it not already right and not doing weights and cardio - not really but they can help for a number of other non-weight loss reasons.


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