Shaklee Home Office Employee Shaklee 180™ Healthy Competition Success

We’re doing a Turnaround™ with you! We’re pleased to announce the successful completion of the first 90 days of our Shaklee 180 Employee Healthy Competition. Nearly 80 Shaklee employees participated in Turnaround journeys! 79 employees completed 90-day Turnarounds - 72 of whom used the Turnaround Kit for weight loss, and 7 who used the Lean & Healthy Kit - focusing on fitness, gaining muscle, and just helping support everyone else! And, judging by the sound of the blenders throughout the day, there are even more Shaklee employees who did not compete, but who are using Shaklee 180 products and trying to be more active.

Here is the summary of the amazing 90-day journey of the 72 employees who have lost weight:

Total weight loss: 757 pounds!**

Average weight loss: 10.51 pounds
 
Improvements in health: Priceless!
 
Top Winners (% of body weight lost):
Third Place:

Overall: Anthony Nusom, Assistant Facilities Manager, Operations - 16.4%

Top Female “Loser”: Jasmine Feng, Voice of the Customer Manager, Field Support - 13.5%

Second Place: Jim Charon, Project Manager, Events - 22.7%

First Place: Juan Cuevas, Manager, Field Support, who lost an amazing 23.7%! Wow!

We’re so proud of all of our winners, as well as everyone who is taking steps every day towards getting healthier! Congratulations to all of you who are doing a Turnaround with Shaklee!

** Results and experiences from the Shaklee 180 Program are unique for each person, so results may vary.  People following the weight loss portion of the Shaklee 180™ program can expect to lose 1-2 pounds a week.

Fish Oil and Prostate Cancer study

Here's Dr. Chaney's (a noted Cancer Researcher) response to the recent "Fish Oil and Prostate Cancer study" My favorite fish oil product listed below.
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My phone has been ringing off the hook. My email in-box is full. It seems that everyone wants to know if the headlines about omega-3 fatty acids and prostate cancer are true.

In case you have just gotten back from a vacation on some deserted island with no newspapers and no internet, let me bring you up to date. The headlines are saying things like "Fish Oils May Increase Your Risk of Prostate Cancer" and "Latest Study Links Fish Oils to Prostate Cancer".

Once again, it seems like just when you've figured out which foods that are good for you, someone tells you they could actually kill you. It's no wonder so many of you have been asking me to cut through the hype and put this latest study in perspective.

As usual, let me start with the study itself (Brasky et al., Journal of the National Cancer Institute, doi:10.1093/jnci/djt174). 

On the surface, it appears to be a reasonably well designed study, and the conclusions were dramatic. They reported that subjects with high levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their blood were 43% more likely to develop prostate cancer, 44% more likely to develop low grade prostate cancer, and 71% more likely to develop high grade prostate cancer compared to those with low levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their blood.

Case closed you might be tempted to say. However, once you dig a little deeper, the study does have two important weaknesses.

1) It used data from another study that was designed for a totally different purpose. They went back and analyzed blood samples from a previous study that was actually designed to measure the association between vitamin E and selenium intake and prostate cancer. That's a scientific no-no. Let me explain why.

If they had designed a study to investigate the association between omega-3 fatty acids and prostate cancer, they probably would have selected participants with a wide range of omega-3 fatty acids in their blood at the beginning of the study. The subjects in this study actually had a very narrow range of omega-3 fatty acids in their bloodstream.

They also would probably have done a diet analysis and found out whether the subject's omega-3 fatty acids were coming from fish or fish oil supplements. They might have even asked whether the omega-3 fatty acids were from farm-raised fish or inexpensive fish oil supplements known to be contaminated with PCBs. This study collected none of these data.

2) This is a single study, and individual studies often provide misleading results. For example, if you examine their data closely, it looks like heavy drinkers and smokers might have a decreased risk of prostate cancer. I think that's unlikely, but weird associations like that often pop up in individual studies.

That's why expert scientists aren't swayed by individual studies. We prefer to look at the "big picture" that emerges when you combine the results of many studies. For example, a meta-analysis of 24 studies with 461,402 subjects (Symanski et al, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 92: 1223-1233, 2010)
found no association between fish consumption and prostate cancer risk.

Individual studies ranged from a 61% decrease in risk to a 77% increase in risk, but the overall effect was zero! Even more importantly, fish consumption decreased prostate cancer deaths by 63%. 
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So what is the bottom line for you?

1) Don't panic. Don't change what you are doing based on the latest sensational headlines. This study has been way overblown. We have come to expect sensational headlines and hype from journalists and bloggers because that's how they get people to read what they write.

However, I find the comment from the senior author that "We've shown once again that use of nutritional supplements may be harmful" to be very irresponsible, especially since they have no data showing that anyone in their study actually used fish oil supplements. 
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2) The authors make a big deal out of the fact that this study replicates the results they obtained in a previous study (Brasky et al, British American Journal of Epidemiology, 173: 1429-1439, 2011). 

However, they neglect to mention that 4 previous studies showed
decreased risk, and the totality of all published studies shows no effect of fish or fish oil on prostate cancer risk (Symanski et al, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 92: 1223-1233, 2010). 
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3) The benefits of assuring optimal omega-3 fatty acid intake clearly overshadow the risks. Omega-3 fatty acids have been shown to lower triglycerides and blood pressure, reduce inflammation and depression, and may even help prevent dementia. 
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4) This study does raise a caution flag, but I would not recommend reducing your omega-3 fatty acid intake on the basis of these data alone - especially since most published studies show no increased risk of prostate cancer. There are much better designed studies underway that should clearly show an increase in prostate cancer risk if it is a real effect. I will monitor those studies closely and keep you abreast of any new developments.

To Your Health!
Dr. Stephen G Chaney

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