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VeganHealth.org Update: ALA Not Associated with Prostate Cancer

I’m a bit late in adding this info to the Prostate Cancer section of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Recommendations for Vegetarians.

There has been a question as to whether the short-chain omega-3 fatty acid, alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), might cause prostate cancer as a few early studies suggested. But from 2004 to 2010 there were three meta-analyses not finding this to be the case. The 2010 meta-analysis I just added to the site found that subjects who consumed more than 1.5 g/day of ALA had a significantly decreased risk of prostate cancer (0.95, 0.91-0.99) compared to those who ate less.

Reference

Carayol M, Grosclaude P, Delpierre C. Prospective studies of dietary alpha-linolenic acid intake and prostate cancer risk: a meta-analysis. Cancer Causes Control. 2010 Mar;21(3):347-55. Review. (Abstract)   |   Link

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3 Responses to “VeganHealth.org Update: ALA Not Associated with Prostate Cancer”

  1. dimqua Says:
    December 8th, 2012 at 10:57 am

    Jack, could you please update this article? http://jacknorrisrd.com/?p=3023

  2. Jack Norris RD Says:
    December 10th, 2012 at 11:08 am

    dimqua,

    I updated it a bit. I don’t want that article to get too technical, so I didn’t provide many details.

  3. Idan Says:
    December 8th, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    Hi jack – Just found something really interesting .
    Not sure if you seen this before…

    There are some studies that suggest that flavonoids may increase our long chain omega 3 fatty acids internal synthesis…

    Here are the studies :

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21068183

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18082510

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19056552

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