In the past three decades, total fat and saturated fat intake as a percentage of total calories
has continuously decreased in Western diets, while the intake of omega-6 fatty acid …

Background Current evidence might support the use of omega‐3 fatty acids (preferably
docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid) for lowering blood pressure (BP), but the …

Strategies to reduce obesity have become public health priorities as the prevalence of
obesity has risen in the United States and around the world. While the anti-inflammatory and …

The health benefits of fish oil, and its omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid content,
have attracted much scientific attention in the last four decades. Fish oils that contain higher …

Background Regular exercise is associated with enhanced nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability.
Flow-mediated dilation (FMD) is used widely to assess endothelial function (EF) and NO …

Background Sports nutrition is a constantly evolving field with hundreds of research papers
published annually. In the year 2017 alone, 2082 articles were published under the key …

The present review aims to illustrate current knowledge about the efficacy of omega-3 long-
chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n− 3 LC-PUFAs) in treating/preventing several metabolic …

BACKGROUND Although a large body of literature has been devoted to examining the
relationship between eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids (EPA+ DHA) and blood …

The human intestinal microbial ecosystem plays an important role in maintaining health. A
multitude of diseases including diarrhoea, gastrointestinal inflammatory disorders, such as …

This Opinion of the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition, and Allergies (NDA) deals
with the setting of Dietary Reference Values (DRVs) for fats. A lower bound of the reference …