EPI 101: Dr. Bill Harris On The Importance Of Testing Your Omega 3 Levels (With An Easy At Home Solution). Good vs. Bad Omega 3 Supplements, Benefits Of Good Omega 3 Levels, And Why It's The Most Important Test That Most People Haven't Taken

Show notes:

[1:03] How Dr. Harris got interested in Omega 3

[7:29] Omega 3 supplementation and inflammation in the body

[9:50] Omega 3 and brain health  

[13:34] The Omega 3 to Omega 6 ratio—what is this all about?

[18:41] Diving deeper into capsules, EPA and DHA

[24:43] Checking Omega 3 in blood levels

[30:45] Who needs their blood levels tested?

[32:58] Why is Parasol Nutrition worth it?

[37:33] What keeps Dr. Harris busy these days

[39:38] Outro

 

Who is Dr. Bill Harris?

Dr. Harris is an internationally recognized expert on omega-3 fatty acids and how they can benefit patients with heart disease. He obtained his Ph.D. in Human Nutrition from the University of Minnesota and did post-doctoral fellowships in Clinical Nutrition and Lipid Metabolism with Dr. Bill Connor at the Oregon Health Sciences University. His interest in omega-3 fatty acids began with his postdoctoral work when he published his first study on the effects of salmon oil on serum lipids in humans (1980). Since that time he has been the recipient of five NIH grants for studies on the effects of omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) on human health.

 

He has more than 300 publications relating to fatty acids, including omega-3s, in medical literature and was an author on two American Heart Association scientific statements on fatty acids: “Fish Consumption, Fish Oil, Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease” (2002), and “Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease” (2009) both published in the journal Circulation.

 

Dr. Harris co-invented the Omega-3 Index in 2004 and made it commercially available to the research community and the public in 2009. To date, the Omega-3 Index has been used as the standard measure of omega-3 status in more than 200 clinical studies.

 

Learn more about Dr. Bill Harris:

Omega Quant Website: https://omegaquant.com/

Parasol Nutrition: https://parasolnutrition.com/

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