{"id":245233,"date":"2026-10-11T13:03:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T18:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/an-omega-3-paradox-when-healthy-fats-shut-down-defenses-against-cancer"},"modified":"2026-10-11T13:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T18:03:01","slug":"an-omega-3-paradox-when-healthy-fats-shut-down-defenses-against-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/an-omega-3-paradox-when-healthy-fats-shut-down-defenses-against-cancer","title":{"rendered":"An omega-3 paradox: When \u2018healthy fats\u2019 shut down defenses against cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/an-omega-3-paradox-when-healthy-fats-shut-down-defenses-against-cancer.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Omega fatty acids have long been recognized for their benefits: supporting cardiovascular health, reducing systemic inflammation, and promoting brain development and cognitive function. But scientists now warn of a long-unrecognized downside to these compounds when it comes to cancer and immunotherapy.<\/p>\n<p>New preclinical experiments by medical investigators in the Vascular Biology and Therapeutic Program at Yale University School of Medicine show that omega fatty acids can blunt the cancer-killing capabilities of the immune system\u2019s natural killer cells.<\/p>\n<p>Their research is part of a growing body of evidence suggesting that well-known\u2014and largely beneficial\u2014fatty acids can circumvent the body\u2019s defenses and promote cancer growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Omega fatty acids have long been recognized for their benefits: supporting cardiovascular health, reducing systemic inflammation, and promoting brain development and cognitive function. But scientists now warn of a long-unrecognized downside to these compounds when it comes to cancer and immunotherapy. New preclinical experiments by medical investigators in the Vascular Biology and Therapeutic Program at [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}