Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Health and Disease [Hardcover]

A report from research in the MIT Sea Grant College Program. Discusses the relationship between particular fatty acids found only in fish oil, and human health. Presents and evaluates information on the health effects of dietary fats generally; evidence that fish oil consumption affects the incidencPreface -- Contributors -- Part I: Health Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids -- 1. Impact of Dietary Fat on Human Health /Robert S. Lees -- 2. Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease /D.Roger Illingworth and Daniel Ullmann -- 3. Clinical and Epidemiological Data on the Effects of Fish Oil in Cardiovascular Disease /Charles H. Hennekens, Julie E. Buring, and Sherry L. Mayrent -- 4. The Effects of Fish Oil on Connective Tissue Metabolism and Connective Tissue Disease /Roy Soberman -- 5. Experimental and Epidemiological Evidence on Marine Lipids and Carcinogenesis /Kenneth K. Carroll -- 6. Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Growth and Development /Artemis P. Simopoulos -- Part II: Sources of Dietary and Pharmacological Omega-3 Fatty Acids -- 7. Sources of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Human Diets /John E. Kinsella -- 8. Supercritical Fluid Fractionation of Fish Oils /Val Krukonis -- 9. Omega-3 Fatty Acids from Algae /Richard J. Radmer -- 10. Chemical and Analytical Aspects of Assuring an Effective Supply of Omega-3 Fatty Acids to the Consumer /Robert G. Ackman and W. M. N. Ratnayake -- Index.A report from research in the MIT Sea Grant College Program. Discusses the relationship between particular fatty acids found only in fish oil, and human health. Presents and evaluates information on the health effects of dietary fats generally; evidence that fish oil consumption affects the incidencRoBERT S. LEES is Professor of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also is affiliated with Beth Israel Hospital, Children's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Deaconess Hospital, all inl³.