Fish oils could help mend muscle loss in cancer patients

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We have been waiting for about 80 years for some study on the effects of a

super dense nutrient rich diet on cancer. I wonder how much longer we will have

to wait.

 

Anyone that espouses such an idea in a public manner is just discredited,

ruined, and discarded, not to be heard from again.

 

Frank

 

 

http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/news.asp?id=7720

 

Fish oils could help mend muscle loss in cancer patients

12/9/2003 Fish oil supplements may help to prevent the wasting and weight loss

associated with some types of advanced cancer, shows a UK study out this week.

Pancreatic cancer patients given a dietary supplement enriched with omega-3

fatty acids gained more muscle in the trial than patients given the same protein

supplement without the fish oil, report the researchers in the October issue of

Gut.

They also note that the patients taking fish oil said they saw a significantly

improved quality of life compared to the control group.

The findings, which warrant further investigation, could prove significant for

future treatment of cachexia, the wasting caused by changes in metabolism and

loss of appetite and a major factor in the illness and death of patients with

advanced cancer.

The team, from the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in Scotland and other

institutions, gave 200 people with pancreatic cancer either a high-calorie,

high-protein supplement or an energy-dense, protein supplement enriched with

omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins E and C. The supplements were given in the form

of a 480 mg drink, containing 620 kcal, 32g protein and 2.2g EPA (in the test

group only), daily for eight weeks.

Before the multicentre, randomised, double-blind trial, the patients had lost

about 17 per cent of their body weight and were losing on average 3.3 kg each

month. After eight weeks of taking the supplements, weight loss had stopped in

both groups.

However, given the reported non-compliance with full daily required supplements

in both groups, the researchers examined the data for potential dose-response

relationships. Fish oil patients demonstrated significant correlations between

their supplement intake and weight gain. Such correlations were not

statistically significant in control patients, said the scientists. And weight

gain was associated with improved quality of life only in the EPA group, they

reported.

“Post hoc dose-response analysis suggests that if taken in sufficient quantity,

only the omega-3 fatty acid enriched energy and protein dense supplement results

in net gain of weight, lean tissue, and improved quality of life,” concluded the

researchers.

They did not offer possible explanations for this effect.

 

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