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Taking Fish Oil Supplements Can Lower YOUR Risk Of Breast Cancer by up to 31% Recent research has found that taking Omega 3 Salmon Oil supplements on a regular basis can help protect against breast cancer (the American Association for Cancer Research journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, published online on the 8th July 2010). Fish oil contains high amounts of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)--Omega-3 fatty acids that are frequently reduce and often missing from our modern diets. The current study included 35,016 postmenopausal women who were members of the Vitamins And Lifestyle (VITAL) cohort. Questionnaires completed between 2000 to 2002 provided information concerning the duration and frequency of the use of non-vitamin, non-mineral supplements including fish oil supplements and those that target menopausal symptoms, such as black cohosh. At the six year follow up, 880 cases of breast cancer were diagnosed among the participants. Women who reported regular use of fish oil supplements had a 32% lower risk of invasive ductal breast cancer, the most common form of the disease, compared to non-users. Other supplements did not appear to affect breast cancer risk. This is the first study to reveal an association between supplementing with fish oil and a decrease in breast cancer risk. Commenting on the findings, lead researcher Dr. Emily White, of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle in the USA, said "It may be the amount of omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil supplements is much higher than most people would typically get from their diet." Future research in the form of a clinical trial, also known by the acronym VITAL, plans to enrol 20,000 older men and women to test the effects of omega-3 fatty acids and fish oils on the risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer. We will of course report on this as we have known for many years that Omega 3 does help prevent heart disease. Immune system booster that also helps in the fight against cancer |
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