‘EPA/DHA’ Archive

More evidence that omega-3 beneficial for cardiac health

Saturday, 13 June 2009, filed under EPA/DHA; No Comments.

Eating fatty fish once a week reduces men’s risk of heart failure
Omega-3 fatty acids in fish oils are also beneficial
BOSTON – Eating salmon or other fatty fish just once a week helped reduce men’s risk of heart failure, adding to growing evidence that omega-3 fatty acids are of benefit to cardiac health. Led by researchers [...]

New anticancer properties for cannabis and fish oil

Thursday, 2 April 2009, filed under Cancer, Cannabis, EPA/DHA, Herbal supplements; No Comments.

Two commonly administered substances were today attributed with some new anti-cancer properties: tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main active constituent of cannabis, and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil.
Reported in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, THC was shown to induce human glioma (brain cancer) cell death through a process known as autophagy, [...]