Category Archives: Digestive & Gastrointestinal Health

Fish Oil Eases Chemotherapy for Bowel Cancer Patients

A recent trial studying bowel cancer patients at Sydney Hospital in Australia found that taking fish oil not only helped alleviate malnutrition and maintain their weight, but also made it easier to tolerate chemotherapy treatment: Scientists at Concord Hospital say that in a trial, bowel cancer patients who took omega-3 fish oil respond better to…

Fish Oil Relieves Ulcerative Colitis

If you suffer from ulcerative colitis (a chronic disease of unknown cause, characterized by ulceration of the colon and rectum with bleeding, mucosal crypt abscesses, and inflammatory pseudopolyps, often causing anemia, hypoproteinemia, and electrolyte imbalance), you may find relief with fish oil! A study of 121 patients with ulcerative colitis found that a daily “nutritionally…

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