NS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lake Trout, Canola

• School: Cornell University
• Department: Nutritional Science
• Course: NS 1150
• Professor: David Levitsky

Document Summary

Good sources of omega-3 fatty acids: cold water fish. Anchovies, bluefish, herring, mackerel, salmon, lake trout, tuna: flaxseed, canola oil, broccoli, cantaloupe, kidney beans, spinach, grape leaves, Something fishy about fish: source of heavy metals. Cadmium, mercury, lead, chromium, arsenic: food and drug administration: up to 12 oz/week, ama says 2 servings (3-4 ox)/week. Evidence for taking omega-3 faa supplements: look at usda"s nutrition evidence library. Evidence based evaluations: high blood pressure, hypertriglyceridemia (fish oil), secondary cardiovascular disease prevention (fish oil), primary cardiovascular disease prevention (fish intake), rheumatoid arthritis (fish oil) Another anticoagulant: aspirin per day, effective in reducing clots and heart attacks. Blood clots together due to protein called fibrin. Safe guards: make sure fibrin is produced when necessary. Thrombin regulates fibrinogen fibrin conversion: released when something is wrong with clothing, controlled by prothrombin. Converted from arachidonic acid: facilitated by cox 1 & 2, aspirin blocks cox 1 & 2.