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Improving Omega-3 Nutrition

January 19, 2016 By Gretchen Vannice

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Improving Omega-3 Nutrition provides health professionals with research, rationale, and tools to apply omega-3 research to the health of their patients. Have all your information in one place. Stay ahead of your patients.

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.

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Testimonials

bruce“This new release from Gretchen Vannice is a most valuable user-friendly resource for health professionals and others who are looking for evidenced-based information on the benefits of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids as EPA/DHA and practical advice on meeting target intakes for optimal health.”
Bruce Holub, PhD
Director, DHA/EPA Omega-3 Institute
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON, Canada

bill“Gretchen Vannice’s new book “Improving Omega-3 Nutrition: A New Paradigm for Health” is a remarkably complete yet succinct tour de force. The field of omega-3 research and application has burgeoned in recent years, making it virtually impossible for healthcare providers to keep up with its ever-changing landscape. This well-organized and very readable book should find a home in the library of every professional serious about fatty acids and health.”
William S. Harris, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Sanford School of Medicine
University of South Dakota
Sioux Falls, SD, USA

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