FISH OIL and PROSTATE CANCER?? HMM...

**--->>405<<---** · 11-28-2013, 08:01 PM

at thanksgiving dinner today my dad asked me out of the blue if i took fish oil. i said that i did but i have not been very diligent with it as of late. he proceeded to tell me to stop taking it and that his doctor took him off the fish oil regimen he was on due to the fact that it increases ur likelihood of getting prostate cancer!

well u can imagine my surprise as fish oil has such a good reputation. well ive been pretty busy today and havent really done any research but did google it and found this article:

Fish Oil Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk

like i said im not trying to suggest this is absolute but just something ive heard and wanted to pass it on to yall. anyone else run into this yet??

**austinite** · 11-28-2013, 08:04 PM

Nonsensical theatrics. Study is flawful and has been debunked by many reputable sources...

Fish Oil and your Prostate - Examine.com Blog

**sawyer86** · 11-28-2013, 08:08 PM

Nice one aust. I thought you would have this covered.

**--->>405<<---** · 11-28-2013, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by sawyer86

Nice one aust. I thought you would have this covered.

he is good isnt he?

so my dads doctor is an idiot then.. (not really but u know what i mean)

AD · 11-28-2013, 09:01 PM

can we turn this into a debunking myths thread?

how about this:

Canned Tuna May Contain Excessive Mercury: Scientific American

**sawyer86** · 11-28-2013, 09:03 PM

Originally Posted by --->>405<<---

he is good isnt he?

so my dads doctor is an idiot then.. (not really but u know what i mean)

Hes the supplement man!

**bartman314** · 11-28-2014, 02:42 PM

so... i was at thanksgiving this year and my sister in law mentioned the same article that the op found. i've read the thread and austinite's link and it's clear that a causal relationship was not proven in the original study and that at most a correlation was observed.

although it could certainly be the case that fish oil supplementation was started after diagnosis of prostate cancer as mentioned in the examiner piece, the opposite can't be rejected outright. does anyone know of more recent studies that bear here?

I'm currently supplementing with 5-6g of fish oil a day and my dad did have prostate cancer... (so far, i'm clean)

**derekkpapa1** · 11-28-2014, 03:34 PM

At some point if it isn't one thing it's another thing.
Some doctors recommend certian things and others recommend other stuff.
You are dammed if you do and dammed if you don't.

**crazy_rocks** · 11-30-2014, 11:35 PM

I didn't hear about the cancer thing but I did hear about it causing artery inflammation. Would make sense because there are people taking to much. Fitness mags were saying it helps in fat loss if you take a certain amount and that amount is to much.