Study Finds Fish Oil Reduces Inflammation

A 2008 study from the Baylor College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School found that omega-3s in fish oil can help reduce inflammation by improving the body’s immunity response. Researchers found that blood vessels can form small lesions inside our bodies, and the “normal healing process is for these lesions to become inflamed, for the inflammation to cool down, and then for the lesions to heal.” But sometimes the lesion never heals because the inflammation never “cools down.”

Although the scientists concluded that aspirin is effective in reducing inflammation, they also found that omega-3s in fish oil and some vegetable sources are similarly effective.

To help prevent inflammation in your body over a long-term basis, take a fish oil supplment and include omega-3 fatty acids in your diet every day that you can.