ÔMEGA 3 COMO TRATAMENTO PARA OBESIDADE

Abstract

The treatment of obesity is complex and multifactorial, it is not spoken in pharmacological treatment that the patient adopts change in lifestyle and regular practice of physical exercises. Omega 3 is a polyunsaturated fatty acid when metabolized generates other polyunsaturated acids, such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). It has an anti inflammatory action because it reduces the production of arachidonic acid derivatives, such as prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), thromboxane A2 (TXA2), prostacyclin (PGI2) and leukotriene B4 (LTB4), therefore, supplementation with these fatty acids. Attenuates the effects of the inflammatory process caused by obesity. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of omega 3. through supplementation in capsules of fish oil. in overweight and obese patients as a body weight reducer. It is a research involving 20 employees of a Varginha Manipulation pharmacy. They were divided into two groups: the GT-treatment group that received 2.8 g of omega-3 plus a hypocaloric diet and the control group that received the paraffin oil and paraffin oil capsules in a period of 30 days. Anthropometric measurements were performed. As a result it was obtained that there was no change in mean weight and waist circumference in relation to the GT and CG groups. It is concluded that Omega 3 helps in the treatment of obesity, however, it is necessary that the individual has a regular practice of physical exercises, as well as following a healthy and hypocaloric diet, in order to achieve the expected results.