{"id":1535,"date":"2013-07-03T15:29:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T22:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2013-07-03T15:29:18","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T22:29:18","slug":"omega-3s-may-fight-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/omega-3s-may-fight-breast-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Omega-3&#8217;s May Fight Breast Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/krill-oil\/tri-krilltm.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1557\" alt=\"krill oil\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/salmon.png\" width=\"206\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a>Millions of Americans supplement with <a title=\"tri krill oil\" href=\"http:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/krill-oil\/tri-krilltm.html\">fish oil<\/a> as a means to protect against heart disease, but recent studies show there is a correlation between Omega 3&#8217;s and a lower risk of breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the <a title=\"CDC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/cancer\/breast\/statistics\/\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>, <strong>Breast Cancer is the most common cancer among women<\/strong>, and the #2 cause of cancer death among women in the U.S.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #e443b4;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #c83a9e;\">The findings published in this study have tremendous meaning for women and their health. Read the highlights below:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Omega-3&#8217;s and Breast Cancer<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We reviewed a study published Thursday in the journal <a title=\"BMJ\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/346\/bmj.f3706\">BMJ<\/a>, regarding the correlation between Omega-3&#8217;s and a lower risk of breast cancer. Following are a few highlights we wanted to share with our readers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">17 articles investigated marine n-3 PUFA (Omega &#8211; 3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids) consisting of 16,178 breast cancer events and 527,392 participants<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Marine n-3 PUFA\u00a0 was associated with <strong>14% reduction of risk of breast cancer<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dose-response analysis indicated that risk of breast cancer was reduced by 5% per 0.1g\/day<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Higher consumption of dietary marine n-3 PUFA <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is<\/span> associated with a lower risk of breast cancer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What to Look for in a Fish Oil<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/krill-oil\/tri-krilltm.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-864\" alt=\"Tri-Krill\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Tri-Krill1.png\" width=\"109\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a>As revealed in the study, the most important elements of fish oil for breast cancer prevention are the Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two most important Omega-3 fatty acids are Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) and Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thus, when shopping for an Omega-3 supplement, <strong><span style=\"color: #c83a9e;\">choose a product rich in EPA and DHA<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Our Favorite Omega-3<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"tri krill oil\" href=\"http:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/krill-oil\/tri-krilltm.html\">Tri-KRILL\u2122<\/a> is a krill oil supplement from the pristine antarctic. Krill is a more sustainable product than fish, and is also rich in <span style=\"color: #c83a9e;\"><strong>EPA<\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #c83a9e;\"><strong>DHA<\/strong><\/span>, and the super antioxidant <span style=\"color: #c83a9e;\"><strong>Astaxanthin<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>For more information on Krill Oil, read the articles:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"tri krill krill oil\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/new-product-announcement-tri-krill\/\">New Product Announcement: Tri-KRILL\u2122<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"tri krill krill oil\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/all-about-krill-oil\/\">All About Krill Oil<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of Americans supplement with fish oil as a means to protect against heart disease, but recent studies show there is a correlation between Omega 3&#8217;s and a lower risk of breast cancer. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Breast Cancer is the most common cancer among women, and the #2 cause <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/omega-3s-may-fight-breast-cancer\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,94,150],"tags":[55,81,152,78,153],"class_list":["post-1535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antioxidants","category-omega-3s","category-womens-health","tag-all-natural-supplement","tag-astaxanthin","tag-breast-cancer-2","tag-krill-oil","tag-omega-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1535"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1584,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions\/1584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}