Omega-3s improve energy in cancer survivors Many people treated
for cancer have lingering fatigue after therapy ends, which may
be aggravated by chronic inflammation, doctors said. Omega-3s
have reduced inflammation in healthy people, leading doctors to
examine its effect in breast cancer survivors. In this study,
doctors measured the diets of 644 survivors with stage I to
stage IIIA breast cancer, and followed up 39 months after
diagnosis. Overall, 42 percent complained of being chronically
fatigued three years after diagnosis. Women with the highest
levels of C-reative protein (CRP), a sign of inflammation, were
nearly twice as likely to be fatigued as women with low CRP
levels. When doctors looked at the ratio of omega-3s to omega-6s
in the diet, women who got the most omega-3s compared to
omega-6s were half as likely to be chronically fatigued as women
who got the least omega-3s. Vitamin B6 may help prevent
postmenopausal breast cancer Vitamin B6 helps maintain the
health of red blood cells, the nervous s