Increased blood sugar and omega 3’s

(M) #1

I’ve read in more than a few articles that omega 3’s can increase blood sugar levels. Why would this be?

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #2

That makes no sense. If you can supply links to where you read this, we could check them out.

(M) #3

Just do a Google search and you will see a lot of results about it.

(M) #4
#5

Some things to consider:

  • the dose was really high. The Omega 3 supplements I know suggest to take about 1/8 of their dose.
  • this was in type 2 diabetics
  • they suspect the higher glucose levels were triggered by gluconeogenesis, which is usually what you want to lose weight.
  • they said other markers did not change. So probably not a big deal anyway
#6

Exactly, one for the ignore pile. If that wasn’t enough… Healthline! Failed before it started.

(Rossi Luo) #7

I have fish oil every day after meal, I usually have 2 capsules, and I have keep this for more than a half of year, and my blood sugar is quite good because I have a device to test my blood sugar. And I found that it’s the milk making my blood sugar very high, nothing to do with fish oils.

(M) #8

Thanks for your thoughts. I just wondered why I was seeing this on so many websites.