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Fish Oil and Colon CancerDear Friend,I have to confess I fear Colon Cancer. The thought of walking around with a bag of feces attached to my belly is one of the most unappealing things I can imagine. Truthfully it is a rare occasion that there is not a tell tale feces smell around the person who wears the bag, and it is hard to imagine not having any control over your bowels at all. One of the biggest fears my older patients express is the fear of loss of control of their bowels. As with Breast Cancer, I have a sad and terrible story to tell you about one patient in particular who had colon cancer. Jessica was 56 when she finally came into the emergency room. She was an "unassigned medicine case" which in those days meant while she had insurance, she had not seen a doctor, or had a doctor who did not come into the hospital. At that time (about 12 years ago) that situation was pretty rare. Now days, it is very common as the personal care that doctors used to give their patients has sadly fallen victim to decreasing reimbursements and increasing malpractice and regulations. Jessica's life story was a sad one. She had married a man and had a son who was now in his late 20's. She and her husband had divorced but he felt overriding guilt and she had over riding bitterness about the whole thing so they saw each other frequently. He to make himself feel as if he was doing the right thing, and she to remind him that he was not. But they both clearly loved the boy especially Jessica. He clearly preferred his mother and doted on her throughout her illness. When Jessica came into the hospital she had had increasing abdominal pain and bloating for several months. She looked jaundiced and gaunt, having lost almost 20lbs. Her denial had kept her from seeking medical attention until such time as her belly pain was more than she could bear. One look at her and even the untrained observer could tell there was something terribly wrong! Her workup revealed an obstructing colon cancer low down close to the rectum. She was also "obstructed" meaning the cancer had blocked of her bowel so stool was accumulating behind the blockage. Though the outcome was already certain, she needed an operation to unblock her colon. She had to have a bag placed just to allow the stool to flow and relieve her pain for a while. She went home from the hospital a few days later with a terminal diagnosis. She elected not to take and chemo therapy or radiation. Soon her illness progressed to the point where she could not be managed at home by the son and the former husband. She wound up in a nursing home for her last days at age 56! She had a very painful course in spite of lots of narcotics. I vividly remember her last night on this earth. I got a call from the nurses on duty that she was in terrible pain and her family was there with her witnessing the whole thing begging for something to be done. It was clear to me that I needed to be there for everyone's sake, so off I went into the night to stand vigil with this family. When I got there I adjusted her pain meds. She was a mess. While she was in pain it was clear to me that there was a great deal of fear as well. I concentrated on this giving her additional sedatives until she stated she had no more severe pain. There were rivers of tears that night from her and her family. I tried to get her to open up to me about her life but she never did. I am sure that I FELT the following in her presence before she died later that night. Anger and bitterness. I really don't think this was directed at anyone except perhaps herself. In her dying moments she realized that 56 years was all she was going to get. They had not been well spent and now there was nothing to do about it. She left this earthly plane a sad, bitter, terrified, and unsettled woman surrounded by the stench of a cancer that was eating away at her internal organs. She had not done any of the things she had wanted to. Later in conversations with her son and ex husband my feelings were 100% confirmed. Her death left a very deep mark on my psyche. I vowed that when my times come I will have done everything I could possibly have done in whatever time I am given. There will be no regrets of not having tried and done the things I set out to do. I also vowed I would not get colon cancer! Here is how Fish Oil prevents and improves outcomes in this awful disease. You will note some recurrent themes. Prolonged and or recurrent inflammation of the colon seems to be a major factor at creating tumors of the intestine. It appears as if a specific inflammatory mediator called 8-oxodG is responsible for changes in the genetic material of the colon cells that allows them to become cancerous and escape the normal boundaries of cell death (apoptosis). This is a form of oxidative free radical damage which Fish Oil protects against. This is one of the most overlooked properties of Fish Oil. People are aware that it reduces inflammation, but they forget it is a powerful anti-oxidant! Reference: Free Radical Biology in Medicine 2003 July 15;35(2) :149-59. In numerous studies, Fish Oil has been shown to improve memory, mental function, mood, and behavior. In interventional studies with Alzheimer's patients it has been shown to improve their mental performance and activities of daily living. There is strong data to suggest that consuming adequate Omega 3 Fish Oils may actually protect against Alzheimer's as well as numerous forms of cancers, heart disease and stroke! Young or old Fish Oil has proven benefits in mental function! To Order Yours Now go to http://www.drdavesbest.com/ and get ready to get smarter and have a better memory! Next, there appears to be direct effects on the actual expression of already present tumor producing genes (called Oncogenes). This translates into protection from the familial tendency to get colon cancer. Let me explain little more. Cancer can come from repeated injury in people who do not have a family history of it. In those that do there is often a preexisting genetic problem that predisposes them to cancer already there! Bad News! Fish Oil seems to suppress these genes. There is also the other factors that we have already seen at work in Fish Oil's actions in Breast Cancer. Less angiogenesis (tumor creating new blood vessels to feed itself) better adherence to the normal cell structures and life cycles, and improved immune surveillance to root out the tumors before they can take hold. Reference: Clinical Nutrition 2004 April;23:139-51 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2004 June;79 (6):935-45.
What about cancer? There are also effects on the ways cells talk to each other and group together. Cancers tend to clump together and "talk" to each other by a structure a gap junction. While this mechanism and structure are present in normal organs, in cancer the cells actually seem to tell each other to grow out of control and not to form the normal organ structures ( in this case normal colon). The study below showed that Fish Oil could completely abolish this activity when added to incubating colon cancer cells! Reference Nutrition and Cancer. 2002;42 (1);125-30. The suggestion of these studies is that Fish Oil be used for colon Cancer prevention and as we will see treatment. Again the FDA does not allow these claims to be made, but I am not going to sit around and get Colon cancer and walk around with a bag full of stool until they get there act together! Finally we come to a very important point. I can't tell you how many times I have heard Oncologists and other doctors warn their cancer patients not to take fish oil or any other anti-oxidants during their chemo or radiation therapy because they may counteract the effects of the drugs or radiation which works by causing free radical oxygen damage! They are afraid you will save cancer cells instead of normal cells by using these supplements. To me in my simple stupid non oncologic mind this makes no sense.. Because of the speed with which most cancer cells divide, they are far more sensitive to the chemicals and radiation than normal cells. Still you can poison and kill plenty of normal cells in the process. Why not protect them while you are killing the bad guys?! In the study below, Fish Oil and a chemotherapy agent used in colon cancer called 5FU were tested individually and together against the growth of colon cancer tumor cells. Both agents worked to inhibit the growth of tumor. Fish Oil at one phase of growth and 5FU at another. There were no direct comparisons as to which was more effective, but when they were both used together, the combination was more powerful than either one alone. Translation. Fish Oil added to the standard Chemotherapy agents used to treat colon cancer in this study actually improved the outcome. Reference European Journal of Nutrition 2003 Dec;42(6):324-31 Any of you cancer doctors out there reading this?! In case you all forgot while you are potentially preventing colon cancer you may also be reducing your chances of getting: 1)Heart disease 2)Alzheimer's 3)Prostate Cancer 4)Breast Cancer 5)Lymphoma 6) Stomach Cancer 7)Type 2 Diabetes 8)Type 1 Diabetes 9) Multiple Sclerosis 10) Arthritis 11)Stroke 12)Asthma 13)Allergies 14)Psoriasis 15)Eczema 16) Irregular heart beats in the bottom part of your heart 17) Irregular Heart beats in the top part of your heart 18) Blindness due to Macular degeneration 19) Gum disease 20) ADHD (ADD) This is a short list. But now you know why I take 10 to 14 capsules a day! Best,  Dave Woynarowski, M.D., CPT The Nation's #1 Anti-Aging Physician P.S. For the worlds best anti-aging supplements including Dr Dave's Best Pharmaceutical Grade Fish Oil go here and order now. Don't delay; you are not getting any younger, YET! 
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