"... presentations from the satellite workshop of the Second Congress of the International Society of Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics that took place in Geneva on October 6-8, 2008. The satellite workshop held on October 9, 2008, was the 6th International Congress on the Columbus Concept ...."--Preface. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Evolutionary aspects of the dietary omega-6:omega-3 fatty acid ratio : medical implications / A.P. Simopoulos -- Measuring blood fatty acids as a surrogate indicator for coronary heart disease risk in population studies / B. Lands -- Fast determination of fatty acids in whole blood collected from fingertips : application to the assessment of fatty acid patterns (and various indexes) in population studies / C. Galli ... [et al.] -- Evolution and cholesterol / S. Boyd Eaton -- Dietary cholesterol and blood cholesterolemia : a healthy relationship / D.J. McNamara -- Blood cholesterol as a good marker of health in Japan / Y. Ogushi, T. Hamazaki, Y. Kirihara -- Cholesterol and skeletal muscle health / S.E. Riechman ... [et al.] -- Disappointing recent cholesterol-lowering drug trials : is it not time for a full reappraisal of the cholesterol theory? / M. de Lorgeril -- Cholesterol was healthy in the end / U. Ravnskov -- Progress in lipid nutrition : the Columbus concept addressing chronic diseases / F. de Meester.
Series:
World review of nutrition and dietetics, 0084-2230 ; v. 100
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