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TWO more reports extolling the good health - and sometimes life-saving - benefits of eating fish have just been published.
The first says that fish oils could protect women from breast cancer. Researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle said those who take supplements can reduce their risk of developing breast tumours by up to a third. A study of 35,000 women found that those who regularly took the supplements were 32 per cent less likely to develop the disease.
The oils have long been credited with good heart health, but this is the first time they have been linked to a possible reduction in breast cancer .
The researchers say that the omega-3 fatty acids contained in supplements could reduce the risk of developing the most common form of the illness, invasive ductal breast cancer.
Meanwhile, another study finds that men who eat fish regularly live longer. The Korean study by the country's National Institute of Health found that adults ages 40 to 69, found that men who had a serving of fish each day were 57 percent less likely than those who dined on fish less than once per week to develop metabolic syndrome over three years.
The research has also suggested that fish oil supplements can help lower blood pressure and may reduce the risk of death among people with established heart disease. But doctors in the UK says that it is sometimes what people don't eat that could be part of the key to good heart health in the Far East. Koreans and Japanese eat very little saturated fat, unlike people in the West.The same results were not found among Korean women when they were tested, it seems.
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