Table of Contents

Fatty Acids in Heart Disease. Trans and Other Fatty Acids: Effects on Endothelial Functions. Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease in American Indians and Alaska Natives. Fish Oils and Stroke. Fatty Acids and Cardiac Ischemia-reperfusion Injury. Fatty Acids in Corn Oil: Role in Heart Disease Prevention. Dairy Products: Their Role in the Diet and Effects on Cardiovascular Health. Dietary Fatty Acids in Cardiovascular Disease in Women. Free Fatty Acids: Role in Insulin Resistance/Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease. Gender Differences in Gene Expression Due to Fatty Acids: Role in Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Disease. Fatty Acids from Nuts: Cardiometabolic Health Benefits. Trans Fatty Acids in Health. Trans Fatty Acids and Cardiometabolic Syndrome. Effects of Fatty Acids Containing a trans Double Bond on Body Composition. Trans and Other Fatty Acids: A Role in Diabetic Disease and Health. Effect of Dietary Long-chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Infancy on Both Visual and Neural Development. Trans Fatty Acids and Oxidative Transformations by Free Radicals: The Role in Health. Ruminal Metabolism of Fatty Acids: Modulation of Polyunsaturated, Conjugated, and trans Fatty Acids in Meat and Milk. Fatty Acid Metabolism and Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptors (PPARs). Fatty Acids and Health Promotion. Fatty Acids in Membrane Lipids: Role in Disease Causation and Prevention. Linoleic Acids and Cancer-cell Functions. Effects of Dietary Fatty Acids on Human Microbes: Role in Health. Fatty Acids and Lipids in Neurobiology: A Brief Overview. Fatty Acids in Immunomodulation: Role in Disease Prevention and Causation Modulation of Cytokine Action by Fatty Acids: Role in Health. Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Health/Disease. From ADHD to Alzheimer's: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Mental Health. The Importance of the Omega-3 and Omega-6 Ratio: Brain Biochemistry, Cognition, and Behavior. The Opposing Effects of Dietary Omega-3 and trans Fatty Acids on Health - A Yin-Yang Effect at the Molecular Level? Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: Effects on Steroid-hormone Biosynthesis. Dietary Fat and Fatty Acids in Exercise and Athletic Performance. Omega-3 versus Omega-6 Fatty Acid Intake and Immunity Omega-3 Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Obesity. Food Sources and Intakes of Omega-3 Fatty Acids.

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Edited by: Ronald R. Watson