Could unrefined fish oil offer a vital advantage?
“), Dr. Leicester believes that the triglyceride form of EPA in his test capsulesand in our Sockeye Salmon Oil capsulesmay offer a cell-uptake advantage over the ethyl ester form in standard fish oil capsules. This distinction may explain why eating whole fishwhose omega-3s generally occur in the triglyceride formappears to confer protection from bowel cancer. The St Georges team plans to conduct two follow up clinical trials: A six-month investigation will examine the effects of different doses of EPA in patients with a history of polyps. Another study will investigate whether EPA can reduce polyp growth in patients with an inherited condition called familial adenomatous polyposis, in which large numbers of polyps form in the gastro-intestinal tract, which raises the risk of bowel cancer greatly. Dr. Leicester believes that supplemental EPA may also help patients with Crohns disease and ulcerative colitis. Many of the anti-inflammatory drugs used to treat these and other inflammatory
