Omega-3 fish oil supplements may lower heart attack risk
An updated, pooled analysis of trial data links daily omega-3 fish oil supplements to lower risk of heart attack and death from cardiovascular disease.
October 3, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, from-cardiovascular, heart-attack, lower-risk, oil-supplements, omega-3-fish, on call diets, trial-data
What side effects can fish oil cause?
Fish oil supplements contain healthful omega-3 fatty acids. These dietary fats are available in fresh fish, as well, but too many may lead to unwanted or even dangerous side effects.
August 31, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: contain-healthful, dietary-fats, even-dangerous, fresh-fish, nutrition / diet, oil-supplements, omega-3-fatty, oncalldiets, unwanted-or-even
Vitamin D, fish oil supplements of little benefit to heart health
Two large new clinical trials have examined the benefits of vitamin D and fish oil supplements for staving off heart disease and cancer.
November 12, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: benefits, clinical-trials, examined-the-benefits, large-new, nutrition, off-heart, oil-supplements, staving-off-heart, the-benefits
Certain fish oils ‘may induce chemoresistance in cancer patients’
Taking certain fish oil supplements or eating herring or mackerel may increase the risk of chemotherapy resistance for cancer patients, a new study suggests.
April 4, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: certain-fish, diet, eating-herring, herring-or-mackerel, increase-the-risk, mackerel-may, new-study, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oil-supplements, on call diets, risk, upplements-or-eating
Low-fat diet, omega-3 linked to reduced prostate cancer aggression
A follow-up study reveals that men suffering from prostate cancer who took fish oil supplements alongside a low-fat diet demonstrated changes in their cancer tissue that may indicate reduced cancer aggression. This is according to research published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research.Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among American men.
November 20, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: follow-up-study, from-prostate, journal, may-indicate, men-suffering, nutritional counseling, oil-supplements, the-journal, took-fish
Omega-3 Fish Oil Supplements Unlikely To Ward Off Cognitive Decline
A new review of studies that lasted up to 3.5 years suggests taking omega-3 fish oil supplements probably does not help older people ward off cognitive decline, the loss in memory and thinking skills that is a hallmark of dementia…
June 13, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alzheimer's / dementia, loss, new-review, nutritional counseling, oil-supplements, older-people, omega-3-fish, the-loss, thinking-skills, ward-off-cognitive
You Are What You Eat: Low Fat Diet With Fish Oil Slowed Growth Of Human Prostate Cancer Cells
A low-fat diet with fish oil supplements eaten for four to six weeks prior to prostate removal slowed down the growth of prostate cancer cells — the number of rapidly dividing cells — in human prostate cancer tissue compared to a traditional, high-fat Western diet…
October 27, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, growth, human-prostate, low-fat-diet, number, oil-supplements, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, prostate-removal, rapidly-dividing, slowed-down
Fish Oil Supplements Can Undermine Chemotherapy Effectiveness
Patients receiving virtually all types of chemotherapy have been advised not to take fish oil supplements because they can make chemotherapy drugs ineffective, researchers from the University Medical Centre Utrecht, the Netherlands wrote in the journal Cancer Cell. Fish oils contain two fatty acids which make the tumors resistant to treatment…
September 13, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: advised-not, all-types, centre, medical-centre, netherlands, nutritional counseling, oil-supplements, on call diets, oncalldiets, tumors, two-fatty
Study Identifies Fish Oil’s Impact On Cognition And Brain Structure
Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center have found positive associations between fish oil supplements and cognitive functioning as well as differences in brain structure between users and non-users of fish oil supplements. The findings suggest possible benefits of fish oil supplements on brain health and aging…
August 19, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alzheimer, between-users, disease, esearchers-at-rhode, memory-disorders, oil-supplements, on call diets, oncalldiets, unctioning-as-well, upplements-on-brain