Who should have this book? Cardiologists, pediatricians, obstetricians, psychiatrists, ophthalmologists, therapists, family physicians, nurse practitioners, dietitian nutritionists, nurses, and other health professionals.
Topics covered include:
- What omega-3 acids are and their role in human health
- An overview of physiological function
- A review of clinical research findings
- How to assess omega-3 status in your patients
- Current intake and dose recommendations
- Clinical concerns, including safety and blood thinning
- Dose-response studies in men and women
- Use of omega-3s in pre-operative nutrition
- New medical foods and prescriptions
- Advising parents, vegan, and vegetarian patients
- New recommendations for pregnant women and young children
- Sources, types, and efficacy of dietary supplements
- Forms of omega-3 supplements: TG, EE, FFA
- Differences between krill oil, fish oil, and cod liver oil
- Differences between short and long chain omega-3s
- SDA and DPA, the newest omega-3s
Improving Omega-3 Nutrition provides reference charts and tables as well as patient and clinic resources, specifics on dietary supplement labels, sample meals and food sources and more.