Fish Oil for Colitis

Filed in archive Digestive Health on June 12, 2007

I'm still looking for ways to avoid surgery and still get rid of this colitis. Here's an interesting article from Omega3.US. It reads, in part:

Fish oil, nature's most potent anti-inflammatory, helps relieve the severity of ulcerative colitis (UC). And, according to a study published in the American Journal of gastroenterology (Vol. 87: 432-37), fish oil treatment allows many patients to reduce or eliminate medications.

An article by Elaine Moore at Suite 101 tells us:

...........deficiencies of omega-3 fatty acids cause an erratic immune response. Furthermore, increased levels of omega-6 oils, in turn, leads to increased levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1 and leukotriene LTB-4. High levels of these cytokines are seen in arthritis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, depression and migraine headaches. According to several studies, omega-3 fatty acid deficiencies contribute to neurological disorders.