Eating two portions of oily fish could protect women against breast cancer

A major review of studies found adding this amount of fish to the diet cuts the breast cancer risk by up to 14 per cent.

Fish supplies omega-3 fatty acids which are essential for brain development and also thought to reduce inflammation of the brain, cardiovascular system and other cells.

But surveys suggest nine out of 10 children and two-thirds of adults in Britain never bother to eat it.

The best dietary source of omega-3 fatty acids is oily fish because the human body cannot produce them.

We need to eat more fish, oily fish. Period.