Consuming Omega 3 daily could delay aging, indicates clinical trial

A clinical trial with more than 700 patients for three years has shown that the daily consumption of a gram of Omega 3 could slow down the aging Biological of people.

The results of the essay are collected on Monday in the journal Nature Aging, although the authors themselves recognize that the study has an important limitation, and there is still no scientific protocol established to measure biological aging.

Epigecy rails

In this case, the authors have resorted to a biochemical test called epigenetic clock to analyze the impact of Omega 3 consumption on aging.

Epigenetic watches are one of the most used tools today to measure the deterioration of the organism over time. They were discovered a decade ago and They are based on analyzing molecular changes in the genome that scientists have seen that they correlate with aging in various organs.

In the essay described in Nature Aging article, 777 people over 70 years of Switzerland participated. All of the same nationality, which constitutes another of the limitations of the study.

During the three years of treatment, lThe participants consumed 2,000 international vitamin D units per day or took 1 gram of omega 3 a day, or participated in a 30 -minute home exercise program three times a week over 3 yearsor in the three things in a combined way.

In a posterior blood test, the authors saw that the consumption of Omega 3 moderately slowed the biological aging, up to four months, in several of the epigenetic watches that they analyzed independently of the sex, age or the body mass index of the participant.

Vitamin D, Omega 3 and Exercise

If Omega 3 combined with vitamin D and exercise, the benefits in terms of aging were even better. In addition, the authors also discovered that these three interventions together had the greatest impact on reducing cancer risk and general health improvement over three years.

The researchers saw that each intervention works through different but related mechanisms, and when combined, they reinforce each other, creating a general effect on the most powerful human body.

Previous clinical studies They had already shown that the restriction of caloric intake can slow down aging in humans while studies with animals had appreciated the positive effect of vitamin D and Omega 3 on aging.