Fish oil may be helpful in dealing with some of the root causes of PCOS
Fish Oil Helps PCOS.
We think that supplemental fish oil may be a hidden key to improving symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome, especially if you do not consume much fish.
Fish oil is known to reduce PCOS symptoms such as inflammation and depression. It also reduces triglycerides (blood fats), another common problem.
In addition, recent animal studies suggest that fish oil may be helpful in dealing with some of the root causes of polycystic ovarian syndrome. In rats fed a high saturated fat or a high sugar diet, fish oil appears to reduce or prevent leptin resistance and insulin resistance. Leptin resistance and insulin resistance play an important role in weight loss difficulties and they disturb overall hormonal balance.
The diet of most people is insufficient in the omega-3 fatty acids. Fortunately, they are abundant in fish oil. But there are a couple of problems with fish oils such as cod liver oil. First, it doesn't taste good. Second, they are very high in calories, even though they are mostly "good" calories.
You can get around these problems by consuming highly concentrated fish oil in capsules. These capsules retain the two most important ingredients of fish oil: EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) -- and relative to the EPA and DHA content, they only have a fraction of the calories you will find in cod liver oil. Another advantage of fish oil concentrate capsules is that you don't have a fishy taste in your mouth.
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Rossi, AS et al, Dietary fish oil positively regulates plasma leptin and adiponectin levels in sucrose-fed, insulin-resistant rats, Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2005 Aug;289(2):R486-R494.
Lombardo, YB et al, Effects of dietary polyunsaturated n-3 fatty acids on dyslipidemia and insulin resistance in rodents and humans. A review, J Nutr Biochem. 2006 Jan;17(1):1-13.
Ghafoorunissa, et al,Dietary (n-3) long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids prevent sucrose-induced insulin resistance in rats, J Nutr. 2005 Nov;135(11):2634-8.
I take 1000mg per day. That's one capsule. I think I probably need to up that dose a bit but I'm also taking Evening Primrose Oil - so I'm getting a lot of oil capsules!
I have found it's definitely helping my skin, and my eczema/psoriasis, if nothing else. Not sure about the rest of my PCOS symptoms though - probably not taking enough.
I take flax oil capsules (3000mg a day), but I think I'll go back to hemp oil. My nails aren't as strong as they were when I was taking the hemp. It's a balanced mix of omega 3's, 6's and 9's.
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I take flax oil capsules (3000mg a day), but I think I'll go back to hemp oil. My nails aren't as strong as they were when I was taking the hemp. It's a balanced mix of omega 3's, 6's and 9's.
I would much prefer flax or hemp to fish oil if it can get the same results- anyone know the difference?
I remember reading somewhere that taking fhish oil alsong with Calcium supplements interferes witrh the Calicum absorption. So, don't take them at the same time of the day. Probably alternate -- Calcium in the afternoon ans fish oil in the night or soemthing like that.
I take greensplus Omega3 softgels, 2 a day. Also a really good multivitamin. I find that the Omega3 helps with the bloating & constipation & moodswings.
Fish oil may be helpful in dealing with some of the root causes of PCOS 
