Largest Study to Date Shows Promise for Vitamin D and Fish Oil in Cancer Prevention

The VITamin D and OmegA-3 Trial (VITAL) is the largest and most recent to test whether vitamin D or fish oil can effectively prevent cancer or cardiovascular disease. Results to date have been mixed but show promise for some outcomes, now confirmed by updated pooled (meta) analyses. The latest results from VITAL will be presented during The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting in Chicago, September 25-28, 2019. Nearly 26,000 U.S. men and women participated in the nationwide VITAL clinical trial. After more than five years of study and treatment, the results show promising signals for certain outcomes. For example, while Omega-3 fatty acids (fish oil) showed only a small, but nonsignificant, reduction in the primary cardiovascular endpoint of major CVD events, they were associated with significant reductions in heart attacks. https://www.technologynetworks.com/proteomics/news/largest-study-to-date-shows-promise-for-vitamin-d-and-fish-oil-in-cancer-prevention-324243?utm_campaign=NEWSLETTER_TN_Breaking%20Science%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=77210394&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--Hi65Xuh7TU5ZqGTirK23DgbxR3zIGhGRwFTqw0b6tS5cagXCcYPCDzmrxzKC7Lz1q5lqcR56_oeV7rt01Tq45t4gHfQ&_hsmi=77210394