Fish oil & prostate cancer

**Spartans09** · 07-10-2013, 06:52 PM

Taking omega-3 fish oil supplements may increase the risk of aggressive prostate cancer by 70% | Mail Online

Follow up study confirming a significant link between the most serious form of prostate cancers and fish oil supplementation.

**bass** · 07-10-2013, 07:14 PM

sounds like another environmental scare tactics like global warming crap. they mentioned hunting for sharks way deep in the sea! most everyone I know that died from prostate cancer hated fish and had no clue what fish oil was.

**Spartans09** · 07-10-2013, 07:19 PM

So many opposing studies, it's confusing. You really have to follow the money to see who's sponsoring. Not good if it is true though.

**KOArtist** · 07-10-2013, 08:59 PM

Aren't there some populations in certain places that eat a shitload of fish? Do they get prostate cancer?

**HRTstudent** · 07-10-2013, 09:01 PM

one thing is for sure, since starting to research what health actually constitutes, I have realized that you cannot exchange good nutrition for pills.

**austinite** · 07-10-2013, 09:02 PM

Garbage. I'll post an article debunking this study soon.

**austinite** · 07-10-2013, 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by HRTstudent

one thing is for sure, since starting to research what health actually constitutes, I have realized that you cannot exchange good nutrition for pills.

I agree. But no food or appetite on earth can get you to optimum levels without supplementation. That doesn't mean you can't be healthy with food alone, but the ranges that were forced upon us for so many years, are way off.

**bluskiblacdeth** · 07-10-2013, 10:22 PM

Like I know anything. I happened to be at my compounding pharmacy one day and my doc walked in to pick up some meds himself. He and the pharmacist got into a lengthy discussion that to be honest I didn't understand much...technical medical terms ect. Long story short I over heard the need to supplement magnesium since our farming has depleted the soil which our food is grown. Again, what do I know....but he has me on magnesium and my BW shows a lack of........
has me on fish oil as well.....

food for thought I suppose.

**cc5501** · 07-11-2013, 12:07 AM

The problem that I see with a lot of these "studies" is that they don't really talk about other health factors. If it was truly randomized then I guess it doesn't matter as much, but the general population, vs. people who live healthier lifestyles, etc. may have a statistically significant difference. IDK.

**APIs** · 07-11-2013, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by KOArtist

Aren't there some populations in certain places that eat a shitload of fish? Do they get prostate cancer?

Yes, "think" I heard this is true among some Asian populations like maybe Japan?

**100%** · 07-11-2013, 09:54 AM

Response Fish Oil and your Prostate - Examine.com Blog

**austinite** · 07-11-2013, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by 100%

Response Fish Oil and your Prostate - Examine.com Blog

Outstanding. Thanks, 100.

**ZenFitness** · 07-11-2013, 12:10 PM

From the OP article:

Dr Kristal said: ‘As we do more and more of these studies – and I have been involved in them most of my career – we find high doses of supplements have no effect or increase the risk of the disease you are trying to prevent.

‘There is not really a single example of where taking a supplement lowers chronic disease risk.’

Professor Malcolm Mason, of Cancer Research UK, said: ‘The results of this study are surprising, and we clearly need more research to understand what is behind them.’

Although he stressed the researchers could not be certain whether the study’s participants ate oily fish or took omega-3 supplements, he said the results ‘show how complex the effects of food supplements might be’.

Dr Iain Frame of Prostate Cancer UK agreed that ‘larger and more complex studies will need to take place before we understand how the risks of a diet high in omega-3 balance against [its] benefits’.

The article is just news trying to sell news. If supplements have no effects on the risk of cancer, then they wouldn't increase the risk, either. And they don't even know if the participants took fish oil!!

**GotNoBlueMilk** · 07-12-2013, 11:14 AM

The study is pretty much worthless, since the #1 statistic shows the exact opposite: Japan has a prostate cancer rate of <20 while USA has one of >100.

**Beethoven** · 07-12-2013, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by APIs

Yes, "think" I heard this is true among some Asian populations like maybe Japan?

I think you are correct. In fact I seem to recall that cancer is almost non existent or really low because of their high fish diet.

**ZenFitness** · 07-12-2013, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by GotNoBlueMilk

The study is pretty much worthless, since the #1 statistic shows the exact opposite: Japan has a prostate cancer rate of <20 while USA has one of >100.

I agree, but I'm not sure how we can have a prostate cancer rate of over 100. That would mean a prostate cancer rate higher than the population count.

**HRTstudent** · 07-12-2013, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by bluskiblacdeth

Like I know anything. I happened to be at my compounding pharmacy one day and my doc walked in to pick up some meds himself. He and the pharmacist got into a lengthy discussion that to be honest I didn't understand much...technical medical terms ect. Long story short I over heard the need to supplement magnesium since our farming has depleted the soil which our food is grown. Again, what do I know....but he has me on magnesium and my BW shows a lack of........
has me on fish oil as well.....

food for thought I suppose.

I agree that magnesium seems to be one of the few supplements that has very wide acceptance. it also seems to be quite safe. it seems like everything nowadays is nutrient-deplete!