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| Omega-3 fatty acids are extremely important because they modulate prostaglandins, which are very active biological substances important to nearly every bodily function. They suppress tumor-promoting prostaglandin E2 by increasing prostaglandin E3 and suppressing AA. They also inhibit cancer wasting. EPA and ALA, as well as other related omega-3 fatty acids, plus GLA from evening primrose oil, have been found to kill a number of tumor-cell lines and cause a significant reduction in tumor growth in animal studies. 111 |
| Good sources of omega-3 fatty acids include salmon and rainbow trout from clean waters. Include them in your diet two to four times weekly. I also recommend Eskimo Oil (see Resources), a stable fish oil that includes lemon oil for stability and long shelf life and is free of the contaminants sometimes found in other fish oil supplements. Fish oil that is rich in EPA/DHA oils seems, in some cases, to require fewer enzymatic pathways to form and modulate prostaglandin regulation compared to flaxseed oil, although flaxseed oil certainly serves most people very well. Hemp oil and purslane are also rich omega-3 sources. Purslane can also be used as a salad green. |
| Gamma-Linolenic Acid |
| Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) has been shown to prevent the proliferation of numerous malignant cell lines in culture. Evening primrose oil (EPO) containing 9 percent GLA reduced the growth rate of transplanted breast cancer in rats. A study of twenty-one patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma who failed with all conventional therapies showed marked subjective improvement while receiving 18 to 36 EPO caps a day.112 |
| GLA and EPA, or ALA, have been shown to have a synergistic effect as they work together to regulate prostaglandins. This in turn causes an increase in fluidity and flexibility on cell membranes that not only controls primary tumor proliferation but potentiates the response to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hyperthermic treatments.113 |
| Squalene |
| Squalene, found mainly in shark liver oil and olive oil, enhances the polarization of cell membranes and thus intensifies the docking of defensive cells |
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