It's one of the main goals of the entire medical community: finding a cure for cancer.

While there is currently no guaranteed cure for this frightening and often terminal disease, medical advances have enabled doctors to not only prolong cancer patients' lives, but also improve their quality of life while doing so. However, this does not change the fact that there is no better way to deal with cancer than to take steps to prevent it before you get it.

Recently, several scientists have suggested that taking large amounts of omega 3 fatty acids, a nutrient that your body needs to function but cannot produce on its own, might actually impede the progress of cancer.

This suggestion has upset many cancer oriented organizations, which feel that this may present a ray of false hope to people suffering from terminal cancers and cause other people to engage in perilous behaviors because they believe that they are secure because they eat large amounts of fatty fish like tuna and salmon, which are extremely high in omega 3.

Currently, there is no solid evidence to indicate that omega 3 fish oil can cure cancer, but there is still some very important, conclusive information about this essential nutrient to be found in the results of recent scientific findings.

For example, while omega 3 may not cure cancer, multiple long term studies do indicate that it can increase resistance to colorectal cancer and help women fight breast cancer. However, the dosages needed to create these effects are extremely high, and the only culture that consumes those amounts as part of a traditional diet is Eskimo.

Omega 3 is good for many things, including cardiovascular health and psychological well being, so getting a solid daily dose can benefit you in many ways as well as simply preventing cancer issues later in life.

In order to insure that you are getting the right kinds of omega 3 and the right dosages, you should invest in a supplement that not only is guaranteed toxin-free, but that is approved by organizations like the World Health Organization and the American College of Toxicology. Also, make sure that it contains pure salmon oil from salmon raised in the Arctic Circle, as these fish generally swim in unpolluted waters and are better for you than tuna or swordfish.