Fish oil blocks the chemotherapy

• April 29, 2024

The fish oil It can be obtained either naturally or by taking supplements. Among the fish that are especially rich in fatty acids they include mackerel, tuna, salmon, sturgeon, mullet, anchovy, anchovies, sardines, herring, trout and menhaden.

According to information from the AFP , fish oil supplements with fatty acids (Omega 3 Y Omega 6 ) are sold around the world and promoted as a way to improve the health of the heart and the brain .

The fatty acids present in the supplements of fish oil can block the ability of the chemotherapy of attacking tumors, for which patients should refrain from taking them, according to a study by Dutch researchers.

Researchers of the Medical Center of Utrecht (UMC Utrecht) of the University of the Netherlands reported in the magazine Cancer Cell that similar fatty acids blocked the effect of a certain type of chemotherapy in tests with animals.

"While awaiting the results of further research, we currently recommend that these products should not be used in people undergoing treatment. chemotherapy ", He said Emile Voest , UMC Utrecht oncologist.

Voest supervised the investigation, which showed that a way to chemotherapy call cisplatin , often used to treat lung cancer , bladder , ovary Y testicle , becomes impotent by two types of fatty acids produced by mother cells in the blood .

These acids, induced by platinum (PIFAs , by its acronym in English), are generated by the body and are also present in supplements fish oil .

The researchers found in some tests that when injecting fatty acids to mice with tumors in the skin they became insensitive to the chemotherapy .

"As far as resistance to chemotherapy refers, we usually believe that there were changes in the cancer cells . Now it is shown that the body itself secretes protective substances in the blood that are powerful enough to block the effect of chemotherapy "Voest said.

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