You don’t have to get cancer

January 1, 2008

I’m glad that finally someone initiated a discussion of Dr Peskin’s

thesis on essential fatty acids.

To resume that thesis in the shortest possible way would be that it is the

EFAs which transport the oxygen to our cells preventing hypoxia and of the two

EFAs omega-6 (linolenic acid) transports more than omega-3 (or olive oil)

So we all have to rethink. So far we have been told that cold pressed olive

oil is the healthiest thing on earth and that we all have to consume more

omega-3s swallowing 3 grs of fish oil per day to keep cardiac problems and

cancer away. Peskin, however, says “fish oil is worthless at best and harmful at

worst” and “Fish oil supplements can significantly decrease the effectiveness of

your immune system, increasing your risk of contracting cancer”.

So if you want to avoid cardiac and cancer problems you better investigate

this matter carefully. It might very well be the single most important

nutritional issue of your life. You can do that by reading the synopsis of 3

pages mcnjnj has gracefully posted in digest 3434, or by going to

www.townsendletter.com where Peskin has written an article of 7 pages, or to

Is Peskin right? As far as EFAs and cardiovascular problems are concerned, he

probably is. But the focus of this comment is another.

I’m a prostate cancer patient and am aware of the opinion of Dr Snuffy Meyers

on EFAs. Meyers is one of the foremost oncologists in the country, specialized

in PCa and very knowledgable in nutrition and PCa. He has written a book on it

and publishes the health letter The Prostate Forum.

All what Peskin says is in open contradiction to what Meyers recommends to his

patients.

Meyer says “I strongly recommend that men with prostate cancer do not use flax

seed oil or a n y o t h e r oils rich in alpha-linolenic acids”. “...the

inescapable conclusion is that the best way to get enough omega-3 fatty acids is

to increase your intake of DHA and EPA, not alpha-linolenic acid”.”I strongly

urge you to obtain ocean fish, fish oil capsules or algae-based neuromins”

So, these two authorities are in flagrant contradiction to each other, at

least as far as the treatment of cancer is concerned. It would probably be

expecting too much that one of these doctors would manifest himself on this, so

we will have to figure this out for ourselves, although the topic is really too

complex to be within the grasp of a lay person.

Can anybody make a contribution to this?

Happy New Year

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