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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/dr-mirkin-fewer-omega-6s-may-reduce-cancer-risk/">Dr. Mirkin: Fewer Omega-6s May Reduce Cancer Risk</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted May 23, 2008 at 04:00 PM by Alexandra M. Haller</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Researchers at UCLA show that reducing intake of corn oils helps to prevent prostate cancer in mice (Cancer Research, April 15, 2008).&nbsp; Corn oil and other vegetable oils are extremely rich sources of omega-6 fatty acids. Fats are classified by their chemical structure into omega-3s, omega-6s, and omega-9s.&nbsp; Omega-6s cause your body to produce prostaglandins that turn on your immunity to cause inflammation, while omega-3s turn down your immunity to reduce inflammation. Your immunity is supposed to be good for you. When a germ enters your body, your immunity produces white blood cells and proteins called antibodies that attack and kill the germ. After that germ is gone, your immunity is supposed to stop making so many immune cells and proteins.&nbsp; If it remains active, your immunity attacks your own body to damage tissue and increase risk…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/dr-mirkin-fewer-omega-6s-may-reduce-cancer-risk/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/dr-mirkin-fewer-omega-6s-may-reduce-cancer-risk/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/dr-mirkin-fewer-omega-6s-may-reduce-cancer-risk/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/dr-mirkin-fewer-omega-6s-may-reduce-cancer-risk/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/diet-myths/">diet-myths</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/healthy-eating/">healthy-eating</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>