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Omega 3 Linked to a Higher Risk of Cancer
I came across something quite by chance recently that made me quite concerned. An article in the health section of CNN
It said that according to the Journal of the National Cancer Institute study,
“The consumption of omega-3 fatty acids from marine animals leads to an increased risk of developing prostate cancer.”
The article went on to say that those taking the fish oil supplement were at a higher risk of getting prostate cancer and that Omega 3 may not protect brain health either. That’s a little disconcerting, don’t you think?
One sentence popped out at me by Andrew Vickers, a statistician specialising in prostate cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
“The problem comes when you take components of a diet and put it in a pill,”
and it made me realise just how much we’ve screwed around with nature, not realising that the nutritional value comes as a package deal from the whole plant, not just part of it.
Let’s face it, years ago (and I mean years), we didn’t have supplements. People grew, farmed and fished for food, and their diet was subjected to their environment. So people who lived inland didn’t get fish at all but still could…
