1st Edition

Fatty Acids in Health Promotion and Disease Causation

Edited By Ronald Ross Watson Copyright 2010
    865 Pages
    by AOCS Publishing

    Fatty Acids in Health Promotion and Disease Causation focuses on heart disease and the role that fatty acids can play in its prevention and causation. It provides information on special populations, Native Americans, stroke, and cardiac injury as examples of areas where fatty acids play a key role. The book also discusses body composition, diabetic disease, and health promotion, and actions after transformation by oxidation. It includes coverage of fatty acids in health promotion and diseases such as cancer, intestinal microbes, and membrane functions. Finally the actions of omega-3 fatty acids are extensively investigated by global experts.

    Fatty Acids in Heart Disease
    Trans and Other Fatty Acids: Effects on Endothelial Functions
    Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease in American Indians and Alaska Natives
    Fish Oils and Stroke
    Fatty Acids and Cardiac Ischemia-reperfusion Injury
    Fatty Acids in Corn Oil: Role in Heart Disease Prevention
    Dairy Products: Their Role in the Diet and Effects on Cardiovascular Health
    Dietary Fatty Acids in Cardiovascular Disease in Women
    Free Fatty Acids: Role in Insulin Resistance/Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
    Gender Differences in Gene Expression Due to Fatty Acids: Role in Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Disease
    Fatty Acids from Nuts: Cardiometabolic Health Benefits

    Trans Fatty Acids in Health
    Trans Fatty Acids and Cardiometabolic Syndrome
    Effects of Fatty Acids Containing a trans Double Bond on Body Composition
    Trans and Other Fatty Acids: A Role in Diabetic Disease and Health
    Effect of Dietary Long-chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Infancy on Both Visual and Neural Development
    Trans Fatty Acids and Oxidative Transformations by Free Radicals: The Role in Health
    Ruminal Metabolism of Fatty Acids: Modulation of Polyunsaturated, Conjugated, and trans Fatty Acids in Meat and Milk
    Fatty Acid Metabolism and Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptors (PPARs)

    Fatty Acids and Health Promotion
    Fatty Acids in Membrane Lipids: Role in Disease Causation and Prevention
    Linoleic Acids and Cancer-cell Functions
    Effects of Dietary Fatty Acids on Human Microbes: Role in Health
    Fatty Acids and Lipids in Neurobiology: A Brief Overview
    Fatty Acids in Immunomodulation: Role in Disease Prevention and Causation
    Modulation of Cytokine Action by Fatty Acids: Role in Health

    Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Health/Disease
    From ADHD to Alzheimer's: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Mental Health
    The Importance of the Omega-3 and Omega-6 Ratio: Brain Biochemistry, Cognition, and Behavior
    The Opposing Effects of Dietary Omega-3 and trans Fatty Acids on Health - A Yin-Yang Effect at the Molecular Level?
    Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: Effects on Steroid-hormone Biosynthesis
    Dietary Fat and Fatty Acids in Exercise and Athletic Performance
    Omega-3 versus Omega-6 Fatty Acid Intake and Immunity
    Omega-3 Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Obesity
    Food Sources and Intakes of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

    Biography

    Edited by: Ronald R. Watson