[skeeter]

No, now they’re telling us fish oil supplements promote prostate cancer.

[Pining_4_TX]

Most of these studies are bogus, and this one is no exception.

First of all, they didn’t say how old the men were in this study. Most elderly men get prostate cancer, it’s just that it’s slow-growing and something else will take them away first.

Second, I didn’t see anywhere if they reported this in terms of relative or absolute risk. If 6 men out of 10,000 were the ones with high omega-3 levels and got cancer but only 2 men with low levels got cancer, then what does that mean? Not much.

There is so much bad science out there that you really can’t believe much of anything. This group analyzes medical stories in the news and points out the errors: http://www.healthnewsreview.org/

[CougarGA7]

No, now they’re telling us fish oil supplements promote prostate cancer.

Depends on where you put the supplement.

[ErnBatavia]

As my father got older, I became the primary caregiver....as with most oldsters, his diet called for "low sodium" everything.

He eventually started to get episodes of very low blood pressure, so I asked his cardiologist about adding salt back into his diet; his answer, "Sure - of course".

Ditto with that coumadin racket, that keeps the blood labs in business. His got so out of whack that I asked the cardio about alternatives; his answer, "Quit the blood thinner and give him an 81 aspirin daily".

[Jyotishi]

Some folks take flax seed oil capsules instead of fish oil supplements.