A new meta-analysis suggests omega-3 may reduce both hot-headed reactive aggression and the cooler, planned kind — and researchers say the finding is consistent across demographics

A meta-analysis published in Aggression and Violent Behavior in 2024 reports that omega-3 supplementation produced a modest short-term reduction in aggressive behaviour across 29 randomised controlled trials, covering 3,918 participants and 35 independent samples from 19 laboratories. The lead author, University of Pennsylvania neurocriminologist Adrian Raine, has summarised the headline finding as roughly a 30 [...] The post A new meta-analysis suggests omega-3 may reduce both hot-headed reacti