date:Jul 17, 2013
at a continuous low level of chemoprevention from taking omega-3 could reduce the risk of skin cancer over an individual's lifetime.
Volunteers for the trial took a daily four gram dose of omega-3, equivalent to about one and a half portions of oily fish, and were then exposed to the either eight, 15 or 30 minutes of summer midday sun using a special light machine. The supplemented group was then compared to a second group taking a placebo. Researchers found that immunosuppression was 50 percen