Response to Letters Regarding Article, "circulating Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Total and Cause-specific Mortality: the Cardiovascular Health Study"

Response to Letters Regarding Article,
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Total Pages: 2
Release: 2015
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Sertoglu and colleagues express concern about the measurement of circulating fatty acid biomarkers in plasma. However, our investigation did not measure fatty acids in total plasma (the sum of fatty acids in nonesterified fatty acids, cholesterol esters, triglycerides, and phospholipids) but in the plasma phospholipid fraction. The plasma phospholipid fraction reflects fatty acid concentrations in cell membranes. Furthermore, phospholipid fatty acids in plasma and erythrocyte membranes interexchange, reflect fatty acid consumption over a similar period of time, and are reasonably correlated. Thus, either plasma phospholipid or erythrocyte fatty acid composition is a valid and reliable biomarker of dietary consumption. This explains why numerous longitudinal investigations have evaluated the associations of fatty acids in plasma phospholipids or erythrocyte phospholipids in relation to cardiometabolic disease risk.

The Queen of Fats

The Queen of Fats
Author: Susan Allport
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2006
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9780520253803

Discusses omega-3 fatty acids and their impact on health.

Omega-6/omega-3 Essential Fatty Acid Ratio

Omega-6/omega-3 Essential Fatty Acid Ratio
Author: Artemis P. Simopoulos
Publisher: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 3805576404

Studies on the evolutionary aspects of diet and molecular studies included in this volume indicate that human beings evolved on a diet that was balanced in the essential fatty acids (EFA). In fact, the ratio of omega-6/omega-3 EFA was 1/1 whereas present day diets in both developed and developing countries have a much higher ratio, between 5/1 and 50/1. Additional studies show that a high ratio of omega-6/omega-3 EFA is detrimental to health and may lead to the development of chronic diseases. Improving the dietary ratio by decreasing the omega-6 fatty acids and increasing the omega-3 fatty acids is essential for brain function and for the management of cardiovascular disease, arthritis and cancer. A ratio of 4/1 or less leads to lower dosage and to the reduction of adverse effects of drugs. This volume should be of interest to a large and varied audience of researchers in academia, industry, and government; cardiologists, geneticists, immunologists, neuroscientists, and cancer specialists; as well as nutritionists, dietitians, food scientists, agriculturists, economists and regulators.

Super Fuel

Super Fuel
Author: James DiNicolantonio
Publisher: Hay House
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2018
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1401956351

Should you cook with coconut oil or vegetable oil? Eat butter, cream, or olive oil? Supplement with fish oil or flax oil? Drawing on Dr. DiNicolantonio's firsthand research at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, as well as hundreds of groundbreaking studies from the medical literature, Superfuel will give you the facts you need to optimize your fats and your health.

Superfuel

Superfuel
Author: James DiNicolantonio
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2019-12-31
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1401957641

New York Times best-selling author Dr. Joseph Mercola teams up with cardiovascular expert Dr. James J. DiNicolantonio to cut through the confusion about how dietary fats affect our bodies--and set the record straight on how to eat for optimal health. New York Times best-selling author Dr. Joseph Mercola teams up with Dr. James J. DiNicolantonio, an internationally known and respected scientist who has spent nearly a decade researching the effects of different fats on the body. This book will set the record straight on which fats support health, which ones don't, and what foods they're found in. (It's the opposite of what most people think!) Topics include: The optimal ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 Foods that resolve inflammation and increase longevity Supplemental fats such as fish oil, krill oil, and flax oil--what to take and how to choose Which oils you should cook with, and why Why the very foods and oils you've been told are healthy may be keeping you from losing weight Drawing on Dr. DiNicolantonio's research at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, as well as hundreds of groundbreaking studies, Good Fats, Bad Fats will give you the skinny on dietary fats such as coconut oil, butter, cream, olive oil, fish oil, and vegetable oils, to show you which fats are beneficial for weight loss and which ones actually cause you to gain weight. You'll also learn which foods you should eat for lifelong health and slimness, and how you should cook and consume these foods for optimal health and longevity.

Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease

Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
Author: Johnny Chahine
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2022-04-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1839687088

Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease raises awareness about the importance of early recognition and prevention of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors. Some non-modifiable factors, like diabetes, can even be impacted by lifestyle modification (like weight loss) early in the disease. This book also describes cardiovascular risk factors in different patient populations and work settings.