tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44472491235196583472024-03-16T08:08:59.659+01:00SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for EveryoneWhere BRO- and PRO-Science Unite in the Spirit of True WisdomAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-26929320326496828472020-10-21T11:34:00.004+02:002020-10-21T11:48:19.098+02:00Fish Oil for Athletes? Fish for Everyone? Not for Ergogenic Benefits | Summary of Latest Metas + Umbrella Review An illustrated synthesis of the most recent evidence.There are two fishy articles in the latest issue of Advances in Nutrition, two articles worth taking a closer look at, as I've found. Paper 1 and probably the more SuppVersity-ish paper comes from the University of Bath and is, as the authors themselves highlight, the first systematic review of fish oil supplements (#FS) in athletes that has Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-49386632090623486142019-02-04T04:41:00.000+01:002019-02-04T04:48:58.008+01:00High Fish Oil Diet ➯ N3-Oxidation ➯ Fat Cell 'Aging', Plus Neuronal Damage | 12+ Studies to Contextualize the Results
Athletes could be at particular risk of 'going rancid'
You will probably remember both my previous article about the "rancidity" problem with over-the-counter fish oil products (see "3/3 TOP-Selling US Fish Oils Exceed Maximal Peroxide and Total Oxidation Levels - Levels Roughly 4000% Higher Than in Medical Grade N3 Supplements, Harvard Study Shows" | read more), as well as my often-phrased Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-42608291681649766912018-08-11T12:08:00.001+02:002018-08-12T04:35:36.709+02:00Krill vs. Fish: Krill Oil Still More Rapidly Absorbed, but Does it Matter in the Long-Run? Plus: Krill Research Update 2018
Bio-advantage of krill may not be relevant in the long run | Plus: What we learned about krill oil in 2018
I've previously written about the question whether krill oil is, in fact, as the proper Latin name of the small critters it is made of, i.e. Euphausia superba, would suggest "superba", ahh... I mean better than fish oil when it comes to its effects plasma and organ DHA and EPA.
A Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-86297482547527737342018-05-05T07:14:00.000+02:002018-05-06T04:13:21.742+02:00Eat Your Fish Oil and Digest it, Too (Unoxidized!) | DHA:EPA Ratio of 1:1 Minimizes Oxidation, Maximizes Uptake | Plus: Fishes that Come Close are Sardines, Rainbow Trout, ...
The often-heard "the more DHA, the better"-rule is - like so much you'll read about fish oil online - not the evidence-based truth it seems to be. Some extra EPA may keep the oil from getting oxidized before you even absorb it.
No, I am not a fish oil fanboy, that's for sure. But how can you be if your chances to get already oxidized fish oil are 100% if you buy any of the US TOP-sellers (and Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-45494546453989468582017-09-09T03:42:00.000+02:002017-09-09T03:47:04.388+02:00Which Fats Should Mothers-to-Be Consume if They Don't Want Their Kids to be Obese as Early as With 2-7 Years?
Fat is an important nutrient for the unborn child. Accordingly, the question is not if pregnant women should consume fat, it's rather how much and at which ratios saturated, monounsaturated (MUFA) and polyunsaturated (PUFA) fatty acids should be consumed. A new study does now go even one step further and tries t assess the optimal amount of individual fatty acids like arachidonic acid (ARA), Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-80353540899507960012017-08-22T01:36:00.000+02:002017-08-22T01:50:07.862+02:00Cooking Fatty Fish & Omega-3s: Do Baking, Broiling, Frying in Different Oils, or Microwaving Affect DHA, EPA & Co?
The good news is: Frying fish is not as bad as you may have thought it was. The oxylipin content even decreases.
I won't tell you something you didn't know already when I quote from the introduction of a recent paper in Food Science and Nutrition that "[s]tudies show that a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is correlated with a diet high in long-chain (LC) omega-3 (n-3) Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-56453007109511081762016-01-15T16:09:00.000+01:002016-01-15T16:09:03.676+01:00High(er) Dose Fish Oil (3g EPA+DHA per Day), an Effective Thermogenic for Older Women - 187 kcal/Day Higher RMR
This study is different from the average "fish oil is good for you" study and that's both refreshing and revealing. Speaking of "fresh" you got a 50/50 chance you buy fresh, not rancid fish oil.
I am not exactly a fan of fish oil supplementation, but I am neither ignoring the few gems among the bazillion of "fish oil is good for you" papers. Samantha L. Logan's and Lawrence L. Spriet's Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-18419660725160587712015-04-26T12:24:00.001+02:002015-08-14T14:30:08.601+02:00More Evidence that Too Much Fish Oil (5g+ of EPA + DHA) Increases Inflammation + May Promote NAFLD | Confirmed: Bioavailability of Krill Oil > Fish Oil - Implications?
There's something fishy about high dose fish oil supplementation. Increased inflammation and beginning fatty liver disease clearly indicate that the dose-response curve for EPA + DHEA is U-shaped. Meaning: More doesn't help more!
Don't worry! I am not going to tell you that you have to drop your beloved fish oil supplements altogether. Next to making sure that they are not filled with Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-38180685854850086092014-05-31T17:09:00.002+02:002014-05-31T17:09:58.757+02:00Kitchen Sink "Multi" W/ 55+ Ingredients Doubles Red Blood Cell Accumulation of Fish Oil: Taken With MV 3g of Fish Oil Increase Red Blood Cell DHA + EPA Just as Much as 6g!
If is debatable how beneficial high tissue levels of omega-3s are, but if you are between 50-70 years old and insist on loading your red blood cells and tissue with DHA + EPA, a certain kitchen sink multi may help.
Supplement interactions are either great or dangerous. If they are the former you often call them synergisms. If they are the latter, you will usually call them interference. Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-30188471638613803082014-04-24T18:51:00.001+02:002014-04-24T18:53:12.243+02:00Revisiting the Fish Oil is Good For Heart & Brain Mantra: SU.FOL.OM3 Trial Says High Omega-3 Good For the Heart, High Arachidonic Acid (LC N6-PUFA) Good for the Brain!
I never believed that it was a good idea to pay for and consume for the capped extract of what has long been the useless waste of the fishery industry and is now called "fish oil". Fishing, and eating real, whole fish, on the other hand, is something I wholeheartedly recommend.
I am, as most of you should know, no real fan of correlation analyses such as the one SuppVersity reader Roy Nelson, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-6755518354722081292014-03-28T17:00:00.002+01:002014-03-28T17:00:39.606+01:00High Dose Fish Oil Supplementation: Short Term Benefits, Long Term Dangers - Will Your Liver Go Rancid?
Does a (very) high fish oil diet entail the risk of going rancid - in spite of all its short-term health benefits?
Don't worry, I am not addressing the prostate cancer issue, again. In a way, I am still going to resume a discussion, you should be familiar with from my article "Sesame Powered High Omega-6 Diet Boosts Endurance Performance in Rodents - High Omega-3 Diet Sucks" | read more. It's Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-11994580046154607902014-03-03T15:51:00.001+01:002014-03-03T15:53:43.470+01:00There is More To Glucose Control Than Carbohydrates (2/?): Non-Carbohydrate Nutrients And Their Effects On Blood Glucose Management ➲ SFA, MUFA PUFA, TFA & Co - Fats!
Some say "fat is a mistake" others say "it was our fattest mistake to believe just that" - who is right? Or are things eventually more complicated than that?
In the last installment of this series, we've covered the relatively well-known, but rarely well-understood beneficial effects of protein on glucose homeostasis in humans (⤷ go back and read it).
This week we will make a fat transition (Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-20754953286595845192014-02-24T18:12:00.001+01:002014-02-24T18:12:48.492+01:00Fish Oil or GLA to Treat Acne Vulgaris? Controlled Human Trial Confirms: 2g EPA + DHA or 400mg GLA do the Trick!
If you want to know how to get of pubertal acne, you got to ask professional pubescents ;-)
The study at hand is not only the first experimental verification of the efficacy of omega-3 + gamma linoleic acid supplementation in acne treatment, it's also "paleo approved", because it cites a study by no one else but Loraine Cordaine himself ;-) Don't worry, I am just kiddin' around. In spite of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-71094206522278994602013-10-14T16:18:00.001+02:002013-11-14T04:42:35.425+01:00Sesame Powered High Omega-6 Diet Boosts Endurance Performance in Rodents - High Omega-3 Diet Sucks: Intra-Muscular Lipid Ratios Determine Exercise Performance
At least in rodents omega-6s appear to make abetter match with exercise than in human beings.
I actually referenced this study several times in the past. It came up in a Facebook conversation I had with Roy Nelson who pointed me to a press release telling me that (I quote) "Certain Fat Could Help Humans Lose Weight". Interestingly, the "certain fat" in this particular study is (brace Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-42487124950239352012013-09-05T16:07:00.001+02:002013-09-05T18:25:43.072+02:00Meta-Analysis Says: Fish Oil Does Not Help You Lean Out! Plus: Why It's Still Worth Having Fatty Fish 1-2x/Week
SuppVersity readers know: Diet (and exercise) will make you lose weight. Supplements can only accelerate the process. However, it it really possible that fish oil does not even do that?
I guess those of you who are still taking it, will already have noticed that there is nothing to the whole hoopla about the "fat burning effects of DHA & EPA". A recent meta-analysis from the University of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-52677258024052652052013-09-01T15:50:00.001+02:002013-10-03T12:55:47.384+02:00Restore & Maintain Insulin Sensitivity - Basics: Turn Your Lifestyle Upside Down With These 5 "No-Quick-Fix" Tips
It is hard and it takes time, but as long as it's "only" insulin resistance and not full-blown diabetes (=pancreatic failure) most people can get rid of it by turning their lives upside down.
I am sure people are going to misunderstand this, but in the end, insulin resistance was, is and will always be a consequence of "obesity". Maybe not in the way it is currently understood with the BMI Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-3014290337315278162013-05-06T16:24:00.003+02:002013-11-14T06:35:32.574+01:00Fish Oil Compromises, Fish Improves Adiponectin Levels in "Overweight, But Healthy" Individuals. Neither Promotes Weight or Fat Loss Within a 4-Week Study Period
Fish are smart, they tell you about the good things "omega-3" fatty acids will do, without pointing you to the fact that eating them will yield a more favorable DHA:EPA ratio than popping pills that are made from the same remnants of their deceased relatives the fishery industry has dumbed for decades.
With the vitamin D news the other day (go back), you are now probably thinking "hell, no Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-1181610700935818132013-03-30T15:25:00.001+01:002013-03-31T09:36:06.149+02:00No DHA & EPA in Non-Fish Fed Catfish. No Recovery From Ischemia W/ Low Carb. No Endocannabinoid Effects Without Medium Intensity Exercise. No Need to Tow Only Light Sleds
Sarah Reinertsen (click here to visit her webpage) was the first female leg amputee to
participate and complete the Ironman (in 15h) and I bet she does not need the recent study by Galy et al. to be reminded of the benefits... no, the necessity of cycling your exercise intensity.
In 2005 Sarah Reinertsen (image on the right) was the first female leg amputee to participate and complete the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-85526328406531221412013-03-23T16:22:00.001+01:002015-08-22T10:00:00.369+02:00Instant Coffee, Glycemia & Caffeine Powered Post-Workout Glycogen Repletion. Fish Oil, Arachidonic Acid Release & Prostaglandin Modulation. Adipocyte Sizes & Yoyo Dieting
Judged by the way they are looking at each other they don't care about their differential glucose / insulin response too coffee, but if you do, I suggest you scroll down and read the pertaining news item.
7.3% and 21.4%, those are the SuppVersity figures of the week. Figures that stand for the 2011 youth- and 2010 adult obesity rates in Colorado and they represent the nationwide "optimum" - atAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-74559162561511335862013-03-09T17:13:00.004+01:002013-03-11T06:38:18.998+01:00Diabetes: Green Tea on Par With Metformin. 1-Andro: 4.7kg Muscle in 4 Weeks. EPA: Increased Protein Synthesis & Autophagy in Vitro. Phthalates: How Much is in Your Food?
Believe it or not a soon-to-be published study that was sponsored by a the German LBS and presented to the public two days ago found that 1 out of 20 German kids below the age of 14 thinks about having liposuction done (figures based on LBS Kinderbarometer. 2013).
5% that's the SuppVersity Figure of the Week and it's the percentage of German kids below the age of 14 years who are thinking Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-29997543395312078452013-02-25T18:40:00.001+01:002013-02-26T05:25:07.479+01:00Review Claims: CLA & Fish Oil Improve "Anabolic" Effects of Exercise - What Does the SuppVersity Sniff Test Say?
A bigger biceps and less body fat to cover your precious gains? At least for CLA this has in fact been observed in a human study (see figure 1).
About two weeks ago, I stumbled across an interesting paper that had just been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nutrients, filed it and got so much to do that I would almost have forgotten about it. When I was just thinking about which topic to Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-77031516465793163842013-02-19T18:22:00.000+01:002015-02-01T07:24:55.271+01:00Leaning Out on a Bulk? Approx. 6g of Phospholipid Bound DHA + EPA Per Day Could Make That Possible. Rodent Study Reveals Profound Difference to "Regular Fish Oil"
Can phospholipid-bound N-3s as in krill ward off the fat gain on a bulk?
Your daily visits, comments, feedback, criticism and obviously commendations are not only what makes the hours of work I invest into this blog worthwhile, they are also a constant source of "inspiration" and, as the latest post by Roy Nelson on the SuppVersity Facebook Wall goes to show you, oftentimes point me towards Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-26513718752709410232013-02-15T18:38:00.001+01:002013-02-16T13:55:49.265+01:00Science Round-Up Seconds: DHA, Algae Oil, Fish Protein, Insulin Sensitivity, Fat Loss & Muscle Gain. Plus: Night Shifts & BPA = Pro-Carcinogenic From Breast to Prostate
It's somewhat ironic that Nurse's are one of the three high risk groups for breast cancer, because they work night shifts to help others. Who the other two groups are? Female military personnel and flight attendants on international flights.
If you did already listen to yesterday's installment of the Science Round-Up, you should actually be able to connect the dots between both, the first and Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-670708466060472072013-02-09T17:33:00.000+01:002017-01-29T04:03:55.994+01:00Fat From Serotonin, MS Despite Vitamin D, DHA & DPA in Your Cell Walls. Weightloss Obstacle Late Lunch?
Yet another reason why calorie counting is not good for your sanity: The "average" sexual intercourse burns only 14 kcal more than watching TV. and significantly less than a fast paced walk on the inclined treadmill. Luckily weight loss & maintenance is more complex than calories in vs. out, anyway ;-)
"14" that's the SuppVersity figure of the number of extra calories you will expendAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-22373720249952325962013-01-27T17:16:00.000+01:002013-05-05T07:18:50.029+02:00Making the Right Fish Choices: Fatty Acid Contents of 33 Different Fish Species. Plus: What Are the Implications?
Pollachius virens (Photo: Tino Strauss) is king, when it comes to the n:3/n:6 ratio, but with <1% of fat you will still be hard pressed to get tons of omega-3s from eating pollock... but is more really better, let alone necessary?
I have already broached the issue of the differences in the fatty acid composition of fish - even those of the same species - in past articles such as the one(s) Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.com