Fish Oil Benefits Menopausal Women

Fish oil benefits your health in many ways.

Supplementing one's diet with fish oil has been shown to improve cardiovascular health, eye health, and mental health and to improve the symptoms of many inflammatory diseases.

Fish oil has even been shown to enhance weight loss!


And now studies are showing that fish oil may benefit menopausal women by reducing hot flashes and symptoms of depression.


Studies with Menopausal Women

In the first of these studies, researchers divided middle-aged women with moderate-to-severe psychological distress and depression related to menopause into two groups. One group was given daily fish oil supplements while the other group received a placebo.

  • After 8 weeks, the researchers found that those who took the fish oil supplements experienced a significant improvement in both their psychological distress scores and depressive symptoms compared to those who took the placebo.

In the second study, menopausal women were again divided into a fish oil group and a placebo group.

  • After 8 weeks researchers recorded the average number of hot flashes experienced per day by members of each group - and found that the odds of experiencing hot flashes had decreased three fold in the women who took fish oil.


Bottom Line: Due to its many health benefits , fish oil may be one of the best overall health supplements available. If you are going to take only one supplement - this should be the one!



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