The UT Health San Antonio, with missions of teaching, research and healing, is one of the country’s leading health sciences universities.
Principal Investigator(s)
Fisher, Alfred L
Funded by
NIH-NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS & STROKE
Collaborating Institutions
SWRI
The consumption of 3 fatty acid-rich foods is associated with multiple health benefits, including theprevention of cardiovascular and neurologic diseases. However, while the dietary consumption of these fattyacids often shows benefits, the use of fish-oil containing capsules and other supplements to augment theintake of ?-3 fatty acids has produced largely negative results on these health outcomes in clinical trials.