Tag Archives: Fish

Salmon and Breast Milk

he quality of maternal nutrition during pregnancy is increasingly being found to influence the risk of disease in adult life for the offspring. Nutrition during the time following birth has also been indemnified as being pivotal to future disease outcomes, … Continue reading

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Fish Oil: Responders and Non-Responders

vidence suggests that some of the inconclusive results in nutritional intervention studies may be due to the presence of non-responders within the study population. For example, calcium is able to lower blood pressure in some individuals with hypertension, but a … Continue reading

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Fish Oils for Type 2 Diabetes

Insulin resistance is thought to lead to the development of the metabolic syndrome, a condition characterised by serious metabolic dysfunction. One such associated abnormality is dyslipidaemia, which usually manifests itself as raised plasma levels of very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) … Continue reading

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Omega 3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease

The role played by the n-3 (omega 3) fatty acids in the development cardiovascular disease is interesting because while the effects of the parent compound α-linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)) are inconsistent, intakes of its metabolites eicosapentanoic acid (EPA, C20:4 … Continue reading

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Fast Food for Health

Fast food is often considered to be bad for the health. Generally this is true if referring to high fat, high sugar, salt laden foods that might be bought from a typical garage, fast food restaurant or supermarket. However, there … Continue reading

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Functional Foods: Eggs

ggs are a rich source of cholesterol, and for this reason they have been demonised by proponents of the cholesterol theory of cardiovascular disease. However, evidence does not support a role for eggs in the elevation of plasma cholesterol concentrations … Continue reading

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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

pidemiological studies suggest that consuming fish is associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. Fish may be protective of cardiovascular disease because of the long-chain fatty acids contained within it. Fish oil accumulates in the skin of some species … Continue reading

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