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Benefits of and treatments of Omega 3s

There are numerous studies on Omega 3 from Algae showing how vital it can be in the quest for optimum health, such as a study conducted by The Chinese University of Hong Kong, which found that DHA from cultured micro alga was effective in controlling cancer cell growth. A study conducted by the University of Alberta in Canada found that feeding pre-term infants formulas containing DHA and arachidonic acid from algal and fungal oils resulted in enhanced growth.

Beat Prostate Cancer by Getting Your Omega 3s

Foods rich in Omega-3 fatty acids may help prevent prostate cancer from spreading. Omega-6 fats, the kind found in most vegetable oils, increased the spread of tumor cells into bone marrow. However, the spread was blocked by Omega-3 fats, suggesting that a diet rich in Omega-3 fatty acids could potentially inhibit the disease in men with early stage prostate cancer. Part of the study involved testing the reaction of cancer cells with DHA and EPA individually, and the only success was observed when DPA was mixed with EPA. Prostate cancer, which is the third most common cancer in men, is more treatable if it is diagnosed before it has a chance to spread.
British Journal of Cancer March 7, 2006

Omega 3 Fats Curb Growth of Liver Cancer

A study compared the effect of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fats on human hepatocellular carcinoma cells, the most common cause of all liver cancers (up to 90 percent) and usually fatal within six months, for up to two days. No surprise, Omega-6 fats had no effect on cancer cells, but the Omega-3s - in the form of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) - induced apoptosis (programmed cellular death). In a second study, Omega-3 fats were just as effective in treating cholangiocarcinoma tumor cells, an aggressive and fatal type of liver cancer that forms in bile ducts.One of the best things you can do for your health and to reduce your risk of cancer is to take a high quality Omega-3 oil.
RxPG NEWS April 2006

Omega 3s Stop Breast Cancer

Research presented at the American Institute for Cancer Research's July, 2005 conference on diet and cancer showed that omega-3 fats, when part of an overall low-fat pre-puberty diet, reduced growth of the breast cells most likely to develop cancer and increased the activity of genes responsible for DNA repair. While a low-fat diet rich in omega-3s was linked with less DNA damage, girls who consumed a high-fat diet and the same amount of omega-3 fat experienced greater DNA damage.In September last year, Japanese researchers published the results of a study designed to find any association between various dietary fatty acids and breast cancer risk. From 1988 to 1990, 26,291 women aged 40-79 participated in the Japan Collaborative Cohort (JACC) Study. The women completed a questionnaire on dietary and other factors. The researchers analyzed the women's health status seven years later, and found that the 25 percent of women who ate the most marine omega-3s enjoyed a significant decrease in risk, compared with the 25 percent of women who ate the least.

Beat Prostate Cancer Nutritionally

Vitamin E appears to protect against prostate cancer, and new research shows it may do so by interfering with two proteins that are associated with the disease. Researchers based at the University of Rochester in New York found that adding vitamin E to prostate cancer cells inhibits the production of a receptor for testosterone, called the androgen receptor (AR), which is needed in order for the cancer to grow and develop. The fewer ARs there are in a prostate cancer cell, the less capable the remaining ARs, no matter how they are activated, are to turn on the genes that stimulate prostate cancer growth and progression. Thus, this can be combined with other AR inhibiting strategies to eliminate AR activity in prostate cancer cells. In the US, prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death among men. Previous research has shown that vitamin E can protect against the development of prostate cancer, reducing risk from 18% to 12% among male smokers. Now, the authors of the current study, led by, report that vitamin E inhibits the expression in prostate cancer cells of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a protein that is often elevated in the disease and used as a marker for early detection. The investigators also note in the May 28th issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that the vitamin can prevent cells from making androgen receptors.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences May 28, 2002;99:7408-7413

Preeclampsia

Center for Perinatal Studies, Swedish Medical Center, 747 Broadway (Suite 4 North), Seattle,USA, conducted a case-control study in Lima, Peru, from June 1997 through January 1998 to assess whether alteration in maternal erythrocyte omega-3 (n-3) and omega-6 (n-6) fatty acids was associated with increased risk of preeclampsia. The results in the Peruvian women, were that low erythrocyte n-3 fatty acids appeared to be associated with an increased risk of preeclampsia. A similar pattern was observed for eicosapentenoic acid (20:5n-3, EPA) and docosahexenoic acid (22:6n-3, DHA)
Arch Gvnecol Obstet. 2006 Mar 7

Chronic fatigue syndrome

There is now evidence that major depression is accompanied by decreased levels of omega3 poly-unsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). There is a strong comorbidity between major depression and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Results from a study by M-Care4U Outpatient Clinics, and -the Clinical Research Center for Mental Health, Belgium suggest that patients with CFS should respond favourably to treatment with - amongst other things - omega3 PUFAs, such as EPA and DHA.
Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2005 Dec 28;26(6):745-751

Breast Feeding

Study of Breastfeeding women given capsules containing a high-DHA algal oil (approximately 200 mg DHA/d) by US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center and the Meyer Center for Developmental Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA. 'DHA supplementation of breastfeeding mothers results in higher infant plasma phospholipid DHA contents during supplementation and a higher Bayley Psychomotor Development Index at 30 months of age.'
Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Jul;82(1):125-32

ADHD (DHA/EPA vs Flax)

A study by Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Canada showed a dietary source of DHA and EPA are superior to the supplementation of flaxseed ALA in raising DHA / EPA levels.

Flax oil supplementation resulted in an increase in alpha-LNA and a slight decrease in the ratio of AA/EPA, while fish oil supplementation resulted in increases in EPA, DHA and total omega-3 fatty acids and a decrease in the AA/EPA ratio to values seen in the Japanese population. This data suggests that in order to increase levels of EPA and DHA in adults with ADHD, and decrease the AA/EPA ratio to levels seen in high fish consuming populations, high dose fish oil may be preferable to high dose flax oil.
Reprod Nutr Dev. 2005 Sep-Oct;45(5):549-58.