Omega 3 and it's Benefits For Cancer Patients

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Omega 3 and Cancer
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• Cancer is formed when there is damage to a cells
  DNA. Cancer Cell replicate and build up into a
  mass called a tumor

• The more the cells replicate they more damaged
  they become. Cancer cells are also very adept at
  getting nutrients in the body to feed them and
  their growth

• They do this by produce proteins that create new
  blood cells to feed them (known as angiogenesis),
  and produce enzymes to keep themselves from
  ageing and dying as normal cells do.

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• Cancer affects different types of cells around
  the body in different way depending on where the
  cancer is

• For example liver cells are different to a brain
  cell, and a skin cell and so on.

• Some cancers are aggressive, some are slow to
  progress, some are hormone sensitive, some are
  not.

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• However, cancer cells all have one thing in
  common, they all need nutrients. So because our
  nutrients come through our diets, what we eat can
  affect them greatly.

Prevention is the Best Cure

• Inflammation is also closely linked with cancer.
  Chronic inflammation has been highlighted as a
  causal factor in skin, prostate and colon
  cancers, and as research continues we may well
  find it affects lots of others types of cancers
  as well

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• There is already a huge amount of scientific
  research showing the anti-inflammatory effects of
  omega 3, (wheras Omega 6 is seen as
  pro-inflammatory

• A 2011 study found that those people with a
  higher omega 63 ratio were at a significantly
  higher risk of high-grade prostate cancer. In the
  same year another study also showed that
  increasing omega 3 prevented non melanoma skin
  cancers by reducing pro-inflammatory cytokines

• A 2015 study showed that omega 3s
  anti-inflammatory effects also extended to
  colorectal cancer, and people with diets high in
  omega 3 had a much lower risk of developing the
  disease

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Reducing the Severity of Cancer

• A 2012 study showed that renal cancer patients
  with lower levels of omega 3 had more aggressive
  tumours, and a lower chance of survival

• However, despite many studies showing the
  benefits of omega 3 and cancer, there is one 2013
  study that showed that very high levels of omega
  3 led to an increased risk of prostate cancer

• Although this study has been heavily criticised
  in the scientific and medical community for not
  taking lifestyle and other health factors into
  account, such as smoking, drinking, obesity and
  immune system function

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Omega 3 as an Addition to Standard Cancer
Treatments

• There are a growing number of studies that show
  omega 3 supplementation in addition to standard
  treatments can make the treatments more effective

• A 2015 study showed a decrease in tumor size when
  omega 3 supplementation was added to
  chemotherapy. The authors of the study concluded
  that omega 3 helped the chemotherapy work more
  efficiently

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• Similar studies have shown the same effects on
  lung cancer and colorectal cancer tumors

• In breast cancer studies, omega 3 has been shown
  to improve the efficiency of anti-estrogens

• The studies show that adding omega 3 to standard
  treatments can make tumors more sensitive to
  treatment. It may also lead to doctors using
  lower toxic doses of chemotherapy drugs, which
  can reduce the long lasting side effect of cancer
  treatment, as well as increasing the overall
  health of the patient which can only help
  survival rates

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Improving Cancer patients quality of life

• We know that chemotherapy is very tough on the
  body, and the side effects of cancer treatment
  can be severe. Studies have shown that omega 3
  can be helpful in reducing these side effects

• One study showed that omega 3 supplementation led
  to a better nutritional status in patients
  battling advanced lung cancer. It also helped
  them maintain a healthy weight and energy level,
  stay in treatment programs longer, and reduced
  the severity of other side effects

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• Studies on brain cancer have also shown that
  omega 3 can help to protect the healthy tissues
  surrounding the brain tumours. Treatments for
  brain tumours can affect the healthy tissue
  surrounding the tumors and lead to permanent
  damage and lower cognitive functioning

Omega 3 - Killing Cancer Cells

• EPA and DHA are the 2 main omega 3 fatty acids.
  Whilst both are beneficial, they have different
  effects when it comes to cancer cells

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• EPA has been shown to decrease the risk of
  prostate tumors spreading. EPA has also been
  shown to decrease the size of lung, skin and
  colorectal cancers

• DHA has been shown to reduce tumor size in
  breast, oral and brain cancers

• Both EPA and DHA use the same mechanisms to
  reduce cancer sizes by reducing their ability to
  create new blood cells, and therefore access the
  bodys nutrients

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• For more information and to see the citations for
  the studies mentioned in this presentation, head
  over to the original article on our blog, or head
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