The essential fatty acids that contains fish could contribute to reduce the frequency and the intensity of the heat puffs associated to the menopause, according to researchers québécois1.
The team of the Dr. Sylvie Dodin2 observed that the women who took a supplement of omega 3 of navy source had reduced 55% of the frequency of the heat puffs in the group omega 3, against 25% at the women of the placebo group. Besides, the intensity of the puffs of heat of the participants that took supplements of omega 3 was attenuated during the clinical test.
"It is the first time that one demonstrates, during a clinical test with placebo, that the omega 3 can contribute to relieve the puffs of heat", also affirm one of the researchers, Michel Lucas, epidemiologist and nutritionist in the university Laval.
He / it is possible that the action of the omega 3 on the rates of serotonin and norepinephrine of the post-menopausal women contributes to reduce the puffs of heat, researchers estimate the Québecois. The action of the fish oils on these two neurotransmitters could also prove to be useful to counter the psychological distress or the depression that can come with the menopause, they add.
During two months, 120 women aged of 50 years to 55 years took, three times by day, a placebo or a supplement of omega 3 containing 350 mg of EPA and 50 mg of DHA.
To the country raising of the Sun
Up to here, the researchers had especially concentrated their studies on the soy after having noted that the Japanese, who consume a lot of it, suffered very few puffs heat associated to the menopause.
To Japan, one also consumes more fish that to Quebec. The consumption of omega 3 of navy source is over there three times more elevated that here, what could also contribute to the fact that the Japanese endure a lot less puffs of heat at the time of the menopause.
The sardine, the salmon, the herring, the mackerel, the rainbow trout and the tuna are of excellent sources of omega 3 of navy source.
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