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An 8 week randomized Dietary Guidelines for Americans -based diet intervention improves the omega-3 index of healthy women

2021-09-23 nutrition Title + abstract only
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BackgroundThe Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) recommends consuming >1.75g/wk of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) through triglyceride reduction, however individual responses to treatment vary. ObjectiveWe sought to determine if a DGA-conforming diet (DGAD) can increase the omega-3 index (OM3I), a diet-sensitive biomarker of omega-3 fatty acid status, into a health promoting range and reduce fasting triglycerides in 8 weeks. We further expl...

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