Nutrition and autoimmune disease
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This study has found striking effects of fish oil and antioxidant supplements on gene and T cell subsets. Fish oil taken as a supplement in capsule form has been shown to be a useful anti-inflammatory intervention. Fish oil capsules taken together with antioxidant supplements also have been beneficial in suppressing rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Publication Name: Nutrition Reviews
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0029-6643
Year: 1998
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Dietary fat, breast cancer, and nonspecific immunity
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Experimental evidence unlike epidemiologic studies shows that dietary fat can influence breast tumor growth and metastasis. Dietary fish oils significantly lower the ability of activated macrophages to kill tumor targets compared to safflower oil in studies with mice.
Publication Name: Nutrition Reviews
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0029-6643
Year: 1998
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