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But I've seen more than one. I've seen probably a handful of studies now looking at omega-3 supplementation and muscle mass, specifically, I think, there's older women...usually an older population. But it helping with...I think it may be helping prevent some of the atrophy or helping with lean muscle mass. Is that a real thing?
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there was a meta-analysis recently published suggested that I think it was either gate speed or walking speed was improved in all the people with uh with omega-3 supplementation suggestion that suggesting that there may be an enhanced effect in terms of function
there have been meta analyses looking at muscle mass and older adults taking Omega-3 supplements and and if the doses are high enough so at least 2 gram so there are meta analysis of multiple randomized control trials there is an improvement in muscle mass and also in some there's some functional improvements as well
but had the dose had to be at least two grams for doses less than that it there was really no effect
So there's metaanalyses of studies that have found that if you supple if older adults supplement with two grams of omega-3 per day, they actually have higher muscle mass. They have improved walking speed.
So, pretty powerful data. Um, and then we're going to move on to the last part of the talk here. I've got six minutes left. That's perfect. We're going to talk about the role omega-3 plays in what is kind of known as leaky gut or what I like to call gut permeability.