FoundMyFitness · 2023-07-03 · Rhonda Patrick (host), Chris McGlory
Chris McGlory, PhD, on the Anabolic Potential of Omega-3 Fatty Acids
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Specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs) appear in the bloodstream rapidly following omega-3 ingestion and persist for approximately 24 hours.
"So there's some clinical studies showing that these SPMs are in the bloodstream pretty immediately after taking them and they can last like 24 hours." (said at 0:47:52)
No published record matching the claim that specialized pro-resolving mediators appear in the bloodstream rapidly following omega-3 ingestion and persist for approximately 24 hours was located; this does not prove the claim false.
In a time-course study of young men, skeletal muscle lipid incorporation of omega-3 fatty acids showed a statistically detectable increase after two weeks of supplementation, but not after one week.
"So we did a time-course study in younger men when I was in Stirling where we just basically fed young men omega-3s and biopsies at minus two, zero, so they act as their own internal control, and then I believe it was one, two, and four weeks. And we didn't see anything at one week, but we did at two." (said at 0:45:12)
No published record matching the specific time-course study described (evaluating human skeletal muscle biopsies at minus two, zero, one, two, and four weeks of omega-3 supplementation in young men) was located; this does not prove the claim false.
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