A balanced omega-6/omega-3 fatty acid ratio, cholesterol and coronary heart disease

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Corporate Authors: International Society of Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics. Congress (2nd 2008 Geneva, Switzerland) (2008); International Congress on the Columbus Concept 2008 Geneva, Switzerland) (Geneva, Switzerland))
Group Author: Simopoulos Artemis P., 1933-; Meester Fabien De.
Published: Karger,
Publisher Address: Basel New York
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: World review of nutrition and dietetics ; v. 100
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Carrier Form: xv, 125 p.: ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 9783805592246 (hard cover : alk. paper)
3805592248 (hard cover : alk. paper)
Index Number: R541
CLC: R541.4-532
Call Number: R541.4-532/B171/2008
Contents: "... presentations from the satellite workshop of the Second Congress of the International Society of Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics that took place in Geneva on October 6-8, 2008. The satellite workshop held on October 9, 2008, was the 6th International Congress on the Columbus Concept ...."--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Evolutionary aspects of the dietary omega-6:omega-3 fatty acid ratio : medical implications / A.P. Simopoulos -- Measuring blood fatty acids as a surrogate indicator for coronary heart disease risk in population studies / B. Lands -- Fast determination of fatty acids in whole blood collected from fingertips : application to the assessment of fatty acid patterns (and various indexes) in population studies / C. Galli ... [et al.] -- Evolution and cholesterol / S. Boyd Eaton -- Dietary cholesterol and blood cholesterolemia : a healthy relationship / D.J. McNamara -- Blood cholesterol as a good marker of health in Japan / Y. Ogushi, T. Hamazaki, Y. Kirihara -- Cholesterol and skeletal muscle health / S.E. Riechman ... [et al.] -- Disappointing recent cholesterol-lowering drug trials : is it not time for a full reappraisal of the cholesterol theory? / M. de Lorgeril -- Cholesterol was healthy in the end / U. Ravnskov -- Progress in lipid nutrition : the Columbus concept addressing chronic diseases / F. de Meester.