Now they're saying Omega 3 is linked to cancer?? (prostate)

I'm pretty sure someday they're going to do a study that links breathing to cancer.

I'll wait until they do an actual comprehensive study before I stop taking my fish oil capsules. This study sounds sketchy at best.

I think that reading these studies into (x) causes cancer can in itself cause cancer.

As we don't full understand cancer, could it not be possible that what *may* cause cancer in you might be a requirement to prevent it in me??

Science has a need to publish studies for peer review and so the whole field can learn. The media has a need to hear about it, look for things can would scare and/or shock us and announce just that bit to sell copy.

Unfortunately we'll never see "listening to the media can cause anxiety" as a headline.

If you get benefit from taking it, and you're not overdosing, then IMHO you'll be fine.

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every other day they find another thing which cause cancer
i guess it is possible too much omega 3 can be linked just as any thing in big amount is not healthy
im sure it is all about moderation!

I am just going to live in a bubble and go by bubble girl

Can I join your bubble

EVERYTHING is linked to waking up cancer even tap water lolz

If I may copy and paste the opinions of Phil Learney and Nick Mitchell, of Ultimate Performance London

PH: Few people sending me an article about fish oils and increased risk of prostate cancer this am.

Ok, this needs to be understood. If you measure ANYTHING that is blood levels without breaking it down further. You need to know bioavailable levels in some cases, 'free' levels in other cases, cellular absorption etc etc.

An easy way to understand it is that high blood glucose levels would indicate that there is an insufficient amount of insulin either being produced or cells have an impaired absorption or resistance.

If blood levels are high in a lot of cases it would mean cell absorption is low, there is a level of cellular resistance or lack of cellular absorption/permeability.

Scaremongering at it's finest.......Keep taking your omega 3s.

NM: This is an association study not a cause and effect study – personally I ignore most such studies. In this case it says the chance of getting prostate cancer at any point in time during the study was around 1.5 times higher with high omega 3 and around the same amount lower with high omega 6. There's no mention of what happened when both are high.

The authors suggest that the fatty acids are involved in tumourgenesis but all the results show is an association, they don’t imply cause. So I would ignore it like I ignore cholesterol and heart disease.

http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/07/09/jnci.djt174.abstract

I am reserving judgment until I actually see the study for myself. The Daily Fail isn't really known for responsible reporting.

Having said that, it seems the thrust of the report is that excessive Omega 3 usually provided by supplements is linked to prostate cancer (as opposed to causing it obviously) and more studies are necessary to consider the complex inter relationship between food and health (which may possibly show that in the context of a healthy and balanced diet it is nothing to worry about as suggested.)

Sounds legit to me.

I'm pretty sure someday they're going to do a study that links breathing to cancer.

Spend a day in downtown Beijing, and you'll know that breathing certainly can lead to cancer.

Everyone who has we had cancer breathed air. Ergo air causes cancer.


I feel like the logic is solid.

Yes, the writer is sensationalizing the actual report--which was released in a Norwegian journal in June. It is the new recommendations for safe consumption levels. the contamination of farmed fish has increased--based on a 2006 study--the Norwegian government now has safety concerns(seven years after the fact of the study). Obviously, the author took it upon herself to say that Omega 3's are linked to cancer. I guess if you don't know the source of your supplements--it would be worth looking into. And avoiding farmed fish is a good idea too!