Omega-3 fatty acids may help reduce risk of bowel cancer in certain people genetically predisposed to the disease, a new study suggests. The study found that omega-3s (healthy fats naturally available in fish oil and flaxseed) could help decrease the number and size of precancerous growths known as "familial adenomatous polyposis" (FAP).
For the study, researchers focused on 55 patients who had inherited a genetic mutation that spurs the development of FAP and, in turn, raises their risk of bowel cancer. Twenty eight of the patients took omega-3s in supplement form daily, while the other 27 were given a placebo. At the end of the six-month period, researchers found that the number of polyps had risen by almost 10 percent among those who had taken the placebo. Those who had been treated with the omega-3 supplement, meanwhile, had a 12 percent drop in their number of polyps. What's more, polyp size increased in the placebo group, but fell in the omega-3 group.
Your report starts off with an common error … the omega-3s in plants (ALA) and fish (EPA and DHA) are not biologically equivalent, and the former were not tested in this trial.
Humans burn most dietary ALA for energy (or store it as body fat if not needed) and convert two to 10 percent of dietary ALA into EPA and DHA, depending on the body’s need for those essential omega-3s.
People do NOT get the same heart and anti-cancer health benefits from ALA as from EPA-DHA, which themselves serve distinctly different bodily functions.
A person’s diet is the main cancer prevention available. Sure, Omega-3’s might help IF you have an alkaline diet; however, it’s probably not going to do much good to pop pills when your PH is too acid. Cancer thrives in an acid environment. It cannot grow in a base environment. I’m sure you probably have extensive research and various articles covering this fact but I am new to the site.