Jakarta, cancer patients often become thin due to side effects of chemotherapy that triggered shrinkage of muscle mass. Conditions that trigger sluggish and less tired this passion can be prevented by fish oil, cheap supplements that can be bought anywhere.
Decreased appetite is a side effect of chemotherapy that makes patients more likely to lean during the treatment. The worst impact is the lack of nutrients, resulting in the patient's quality of life will deteriorate and easily subject to disease
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Researchers from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada to prove that the content of omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil could prevent the shrinkage of muscle mass in cancer patients. This supplement is not fattening, but at least be sure to avoid being thin.
In that study, the experts involved 40 patients with lung cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy. A total of 16 patients were given 2.2 grams of fish oil / day for 10 weeks, while the rest were given placebo as a control to compare the differences in the effect.
At the end of the observation, the patients of the control group lost weight on average 2.3 kg so that it becomes thinner. Conversely, 96 patients taking fish oil every day of their weight stable and does not experience shrinkage of muscle mass.
"This finding is important because until now there is no effective treatment ayng to overcome malnutrition or nutritional kurng associated with chemotherapy," said the researcher, Vera Mazurak, PhD, as quoted in a publication from WebMD, Wednesday (02/03/2011).
The results of this study is expected to open the hope to improve the quality of life of chemotherapy patients. Degnan maintain weight does not continue to decrease, is expected to improve nutritional status so that treatment is given also to be more effective.
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