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I have a collagen issue and so googled for studies about omega 3 and collagen the other day. Was surprised to find a strong negative result for wound healing an

I have a collagen issue and so googled for studies about omega 3 and collagen the other day. Was surprised to find a strong negative result for wound healing and collagen formation (in mice, but the effect size means something) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-45508-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-45508-1 It’s interesting to note the anti-inflammatory effect seems directly responsible for slowing healing (where you want it), and that this may be broadly applicable. We don’t always want less inflammation, everywhere.

stephen_g 4y ago
For anybody without any specific issues like yours, surely this effect would be hardly observable? They administered 2 g/kg every day for four weeks, which is absolutely massive, whereas most people eating a lot of fish might be eating at most 0.05 g/kg of EPA/DHA, and that would probably only be a couple of days days a week… I take “high strength” fish oil supplements (for an autoimmune condition), and that only has 900 mg of triglycerides per capsule (1.5g of fish oil), which for me is 0.01 g/kg. I usually take two, except on days I eat salmon, when I only have one.