Omega-3 increases the risk of a high-grade disease by 77%

ronanc15

Cronin_j pointed this one out to me. Omega-3 being linked to prostate cancer and high risk diseases. Have heard a lot of advocacy for omega supplementation for their anti-inflammatory effects. Will you be steering clear in light of this?

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/omega-3-fatty-acids-linked-to-prostate-cancer-study-1.1460335

Zombienosh

ronanc15 wrote: »

Cronin_j pointed this one out to me. Omega-3 being linked to prostate cancer and high risk diseases. Have heard a lot of advocacy for omega supplementation for their anti-inflammatory effects. Will you be steering clear in light of this?

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/omega-3-fatty-acids-linked-to-prostate-cancer-study-1.1460335

I noticed this there,

“We’ve shown once again that use of nutritional supplements may be harmful,” he said.

what does he mean once again, is this the same fella that said creatine was steriods?

Hanley

Uuuuuuuugh. Is this even real life?

jugger0

Quick somebody tell the Eskimos

amazingemmet

Hanley wrote: »

Uuuuuuuugh. Is this even real life?

Been dealing with this one all day:pac:

Hanley

amazingemmet wrote: »

Been dealing with this one all day:pac:

I know. Me too. Starting to lose patience at this stage!!

JJJJNR

dont know if i will continue to take it reading that.

amazingemmet

Here's a better debunk then I could be bother typing:

Read these several times so its clear:

http://examine.com/blog/fish-oil-and-your-prostate/

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

doccy

As a layman- would these findings be correlated with cultures that have, say, fish rich diets? Or is this a kind of french paradox thing?

Darkest Horse

They were debating this on Today FM this evening and though I only caught some of it, the opponent of omega 3 supplementation, who sounded to me like and academic from an American university, unbelievably declared that we should not consume that oil because fats cause obesity and, by extension, modern diseases. I nearly fell out of my chair. I literally could not believe that I heard somebody saying that fats, indirectly or otherwise, were the primary cause of the obesity problem. Surely there are more enlightened individuals they can get on these shows?

Hanley

Darkest Horse wrote: »

They were debating this on Today FM this evening and though I only caught some of it, the opponent of omega 3 supplementation, who sounded to me like and academic from an American university, unbelievably declared that we should not consume that oil because fats cause obesity and, by extension, modern diseases. I nearly fell out of my chair. I literally could not believe that I heard somebody saying that fats, indirectly or otherwise, were the primary cause of the obesity problem. Surely there are more enlightened individuals they can get on these shows?

They don't want enlightened ppl. They want someone to toe the party line.

the_syco

Hanley wrote: »

They don't want enlightened ppl. They want someone to toe the party line.

This. Also bad news sells better, and gets people to listen to their sh|te.

Darkest Horse

the_syco wrote: »

This. Also bad news sells better, and gets people to listen to their sh|te.

But it's not just bad news, its factually incorrect, or at least incomplete.

vigos

The NHS has a good site where they give a breakdown on health related headlines like this in the media

Here's their take on the Omega-3 story

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2013/07July/Pages/fish-oil-supplements-linked-to-prostate-cancer.aspx

Speisekarte

Is this really a surprise though, isn't it well known that consumption of polyunsaturated fats should be kept below 4% of total calories or
Something similar.

Zombienosh

Just ignore news about such things........or all news in general really.

hollypink

vigos wrote: »

The NHS has a good site where they give a breakdown on health related headlines like this in the media

Here's their take on the Omega-3 story

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2013/07July/Pages/fish-oil-supplements-linked-to-prostate-cancer.aspx

thanks for that. I think it's a pity about this:

The research did not look at the participants’ diets or whether they took omega-3 supplements.

I know they also say

Still, it is unlikely that the high levels of these fatty acids found in the highest quartile would be the result of diet alone.

but I'd have liked to know if those with the high levels were ALL taking supplements and for those that were, how much fish oil they were taking.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

This is bad science used to create a story. Welcome to the world of 24 hour news, its a load of horse manure, where the results are twisted into a story.

paddy147

ronanc15 wrote: »

Cronin_j pointed this one out to me. Omega-3 being linked to prostate cancer and high risk diseases. Have heard a lot of advocacy for omega supplementation for their anti-inflammatory effects. Will you be steering clear in light of this?

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/omega-3-fatty-acids-linked-to-prostate-cancer-study-1.1460335

I heard that if you dont breathe in and out that you can die.

JJayoo

Such tripe, I'm gonna take extra Omega 3 from now on. Omega 3 and Curcumin nom nom

paddy147

JJayoo wrote: »

Such tripe, I'm gonna take extra Omega 3 from now on. Omega 3 and Curcumin nom nom

You might end up like this poor guy so.....:pac::pac::D

"ball chin boy"