Recent Headlines:


Too Much Fish Oil May Boost Prostate Cancer Risk.


Link Between Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Increased Prostate Cancer Risk Confirmed.


Study confirms link between high blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids and increased risk of aggressive prostate cancer.


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cary headlines for men who worry about getting prostate cancer. But is this what the study published online


in July 2013 from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center really showed? Did they demonstrate a real link between consuming oily fish and taking fish oil supplements and an increased risk of prostate cancer? The short answer is “No.”


There are a number of problems with this study.


First, this study is at odds with epide- miologic studies performed over genera-


tions in different populations. Dr. William Rawls, an integrative physician in Wilm- ington NC, states it this way “This study stands in stark contrast to studies of people groups who eat lots of oily fish. There are three populations to take note of; the Japanese, Okinawans and Inuit people consume the highest concentrations of oily fish in the world and also boast very low rates of cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and prostate cancer. The elderly Okinawan population is a particularly well studied group. Okinawan elders consume large amounts of vegetables and beans (including high concentrations of fer-


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mented soy), oily fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids several times per week, minimal meat and dairy, and virtually no processed food. They have the lowest incidence of prostate cancer in the world; their rate is 80% lower than the average rate of pros- tate cancer in North America! (The Oki- nawan Program, Willcox, Willcox and Su- zuki, 2001).” For the Japanese, the inci- dence of prostate cancer is a full 10 times lower than it is for Americans. Furthermore, Duffy MacKay, N.D.,


vice president, scientific and regulatory affairs, Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association rep- resenting the dietary supplement industry stated in a press release in response to the study: “Hundreds of studies over the past two decades have shown omega-3 fatty acids to have positive effects associated with cardiovascular health, perinatal health, inflammation, cognitive function, or cancer. Collectively, this body of re- search serves as the basis for numerous recommendations from respected organi- zations, scientific boards and health care practitioners that Americans get omega-3 fatty acids in their diets.” The World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Institute of Medicine's


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