Research · Systematic review
Dietary supplements for established atopic eczema
What it found
Found no convincing evidence that dietary supplements benefit eczema; two small fish-oil studies hinted at a modest effect that needs confirmation in larger trials.
- Design
- Systematic review
- Year
- 2012
- Sample size
- 596
- Population
- participants with established atopic eczema (11 RCTs)
- Intervention
- oral dietary supplements including fish oil / omega-3, zinc, selenium, vitamins, and seed oils
- Outcome
- eczema severity and symptom / quality-of-life outcomes
- Journal
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.