Tejal Somvanshi
Yuchen Zhang at the University of Georgia's College of Public led a massive research project looking at health records of 250,000 people over the span of a decade and found that people with more omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in their bodies got cancer less often.
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People with higher levels of omega-3s had fewer cases of several types of cancer such as colon cancer, stomach cancer, and lung cancer.
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Omega-6 showed protection against 14 different kinds of cancer including brain cancer, skin melanoma, and bladder cancer.
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In 2024, doctors expect to diagnose about 2,001,140 new cancer cases in the United States alone. That's about 5,480 people every single day.
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The research found that high omega-3 levels might slightly increase prostate cancer risk.
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The researchers found that omega-6 seemed to work better for younger people, especially women.
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The findings were published in the International Journal of Cancer, with Yitang Sun, Suhang Song, Ye Shen, Nikhil Khankari, and Thomas Brenna all contributing to the research.
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Fish oil consists of EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) which help reduce inflammation in your body.
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