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Adipose tissue—the fatty layer under the skin and around organs—stores energy in the form of fat, and releases beneficial hormones that help the body regulate fat and sugar.

Researchers reviewing recent findings said that omega-3s from fish oil improve these storage and release functions while reducing adipose tissue-specific inflammation, all central factors in metabolic syndrome.

Omega-3s appear to raise blood levels of two key hormones secreted by adipose tissue: adiponectin, which regulates fat and sugar metabolism, and reduces blood vessel inflammation; and leptin, which signals the brain when the body has had enough to eat.

Reference: The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry; 2011, Vol. 22, No. 2, 101-8

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