fish and copper toxicity

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In addition to mercury, too much fish can give us

copper toxicity. It leads to ringing in the ears and

in extreme cases paranoia.

Ratan.

 

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> PATRAS, GREECE. Chemotherapy and other conventional

> medical treatments

> have proven ineffective in improving quality of life

> and survival of

> patients with end stage cancer. Now Greek medical

> researchers report

> that fish oil supplementation markedly increases the

> survival time for

> cancer patients with generalized malignancy. Their

> study involved 60

> patients with generalized solid tumors. The patients

> were divided into

> two groups with one group receiving 18 grams/day of

> fish oil (six

> capsules of MAX EPA three times daily containing 170

> mg eicosapentaenoic

> acid [EPA] and d115 mg docosahexaenoic acid [DHA]

> per capsule) and the

> other group receiving a placebo.

> The fish oil group also received 200 mg

> of vitamin E daily to compensate for the oxidative

> effect of the fish oil.

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> Each group included 15 well-nourished and 15

> malnourished patients.

> None of the well-noruished patients suffered from

> cancer cachexia

> (abnormally low weight and general weakness). The

> researchers measured

> the level of T cells, natural killer cells, and the

> synthesis of

> interleukin and tumor necrosis factor before the

> start of the

> supplementation and on day 40 of the trial.

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> The study followed all

> patients until they died. Malnourished patients were

> found to have a

> considerably impaired immune function and a

> decreased production of

> tumor necrosis factor; both parameters were restored

> through fish oil supplementation.

>

> malnourished patients overall had a much shorter

> survival time than well-noruished ones (mean of 213

> days versus 481

> days).

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> both malnourished and well-nourished patients who

> received fish

> oil and vitamin E survived significantly longer than

> did patients on

> placebo. The researchers speculate that fish oils

> exert their beneficial

> effect by decreasing the body's production of

> prostaglandin E2 which is believed to play an

> important role in the initiation and progression of

> cancer.

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> They conclude that supplementation with dietary

> omega-3

> polyunsaturated fatty acids, specifically fish oils

> with an antioxidant

> such as vitamin E may offer significant palliative

> support to cancer

> patients with end stage metastatic disease.

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> Gogos, Charalambos A., et

> al. Dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids plus

> vitamin E restore

> immunodeficiency and prolong survival for severely

> ill patients with

> generalized malignancy. Cancer, Vol. 82, January 15,

> 1998, pp. 395-402

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