Hi Rene and Edward,
We are considering implementing the "high omega 3 - low omega 6" concept that you describe in the book. My wife had one question: how did you take the amount of omega 3 that you ended up doing? Did you take capsules? Or just drank a lot of fish oil? Or something else? My wife is currently taking capsules, but we see she will need to take a lot of them to get to around 23 grams.
Also, did you do any blood tests or other monitoring to keep track of potential side effects (e.g. reduced blood clotting)?
Best,
Lars
I took a concentrated liquid fish oil (Medomega, Carlson) along with algae oil pills to get enough DHA (Neuromins, 200mg per pill). I followed the ratio of EPA + DHA that Patient DH used (see reference in Chp 15 for the case study of Patient DH).
I did not have specific blood tests to monitor for omega 3 side effects, apart from the usual CBC and metabolic blood tests. Chapter 15, section "My Third Lung Cryoablation", describes the blood tests that were done before my cryoablation procedure to make sure there wasn't a bleeding risk.
Thanks a lot for this. If we decide to go down this route, we will follow the same logic, i.e. keeping the rate of DHA and EPA as in the Pardini case study.
Dear Rene and Edward,
I am from Sydney. My situation is, I had surgery to resect the T1 spinous process due to likely metastasis from primary lungs (synchronized bilateral NSCLC). It looks like a oligometastatic from my previous primary lung cancer, even though no cancer was detected elsewhere in the body via PET/MRI/CAT. I am waiting for the results of the molecular tissue analysis due hopefully next week plus the circulating tumor DNA blood test that is scheduled in 2 weeks that will be sent to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre.
I have started the Omega-3 regime of 30 mL per day of Concentrated Omega-3 triglycerides-fish, which comprise of the following:-
Concentrated Omega-3 triglycerides-fish (gram) 27.6
Equiv. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (gram) 12
Equiv. Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) (gram) 3.036
DHA+EPA (gram) 15.036
When I compared with 'Patient DH' dose, which is:-
15 gram of Omega-3
11.25 grams of DHA
3.75 grams of EPA.
DHA+EPA: 15 grams
Looks like my regime is pretty close to 'Patient DH". For me to adopt your regime of 24 g of EPA & 24 g DHA (total: 48 g of Concentrated Omega-3 triglycerides), I think I should double the current to 60 mL per day of Concentrated Omega-3 triglycerides-fish, which will bring it to:-
Concentrated Omega-3 triglycerides-fish (gram) 55.2
Equiv. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (gram) 24
Equiv. Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) (gram) 6.072
DHA+EPA (gram) 30.072.
I noted your DHA:EPA ratio is 1:1, whilst 'Patient DH" is 3:1 & mine is 3.95:1.
Would you kindly comment on the DHA:EPA ratio and my proposal to increase to 55.2 grams of Concentrated Omega-3 triglycerides-fish (gram).
Thank you so much for your help.
Raymond
Hi Raymond,
We moved your question to this new thread:
http://curingcancerbook.com/omega-3-dosages#comment-63
We've answered your questions there,
Rene and Eddy