May benefit weight management

Salmon consumption can help you lose weight and keep it off. It helps regulate the hormones that govern hunger and make you feel full, just like other high-protein diets. Furthermore, when you eat protein-rich foods like salmon, your metabolic rate momentarily increases higher than when you eat other foods. Furthermore, evidence shows that omega-3 fats found in salmon and other fatty fish may help people lose weight and reduce belly fat when paired with an active lifestyle, however further study is needed.

In one research of children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, supplementing with DHA, the primary omega-3 present in salmon, resulted in much higher decreases in liver fat and belly fat when compared to a placebo. Salmon is also quite low in calories. Farmed salmon has 206 calories per 3.5-ounce (100-gram) portion, whereas wild salmon has 182 calories.