Precision Nutrition and Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: A Case for Personalized Supplementation Approaches for the Prevention and Management of Human Diseases

Precision Nutrition and Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: A Case for Personalized Supplementation Approaches for the Prevention and Management of Human Diseases

Background: Dietary essential omega-6 (n-6) and omega-3 (n-3) 18 carbon (18C-) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), linoleic acid (LA) and α-linolenic acid (ALA), can be converted (utilizing desaturase and elongase enzymes encoded by FADS and ELOVL genes) to biologically-active long chain (LC; &g...

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Main Authors: Floyd H. Chilton, Rahul Dutta, Lindsay M. Reynolds, Susan Sergeant, Rasika A. Mathias, Michael C. Seeds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-10-01
Series:Nutrients
Subjects:
omega-3 fatty acids
polyunsaturated fatty acids
gene-diet interaction
human disease
inflammation
fatty acid desaturase genes
arachidonic acid
eicosanoids
endocannabinoids
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/9/11/1165

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