OmegaMatters

EPISODE #6 - Why Omega-3 Study Design Matters Recording date: March 30, 2021 Broadcast date : June 10th, 2021                                                              Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Guest : Nathan Tintle, PhD Background and key takeaways: The way studies are designed, especially when it comes to omega-3 fatty acids, is very important when it comes to pin...

EPISODE #6 - How Much Omega-3 DHA Do Pregnant Women Need? Recording date: May 30, 2021 Broadcast date : June 30, 2021                                                                  Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Guest : Dr. Susan Carlson Background and Key Takeaways:   In Episode #7 of OmegaMatters, Dr. Bill Harris and his daughter, Dr. Kristina Harris Jackson, are joined...

EPISODE #8 -Part 1: Interviewing an Omega-3 Legend – Dr. Jörn Dyerberg Recording date: Jul 20, 2021 Broadcast date : Aug 4, 2021                                                                     Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Guest : Dr. Jörn Dyerberg Background and Key Takeaways:   Dr. Jörn Dyerberg is a pioneer in the omega-3 fatty acid world, having made the discovery...

EPISODE #8 - Part 2: Interviewing an Omega-3 Legend – Dr. Jørn Dyerberg   Recording date: Jul 22, 2021 Broadcast date : Aug 16, 2021                                                                   Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson  Guest : Dr. Jørn Dyerberg Background and Key Takeaways:   Dr. Jørn Dyerberg is a pioneer in the omega-3 fatty acid world, having made the discove...

EPISODE #9 - Fish Oil Quality  Recording date: May 25, 2021  Broadcast date : October 1, 2021                                                                Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson   Guest : Gonzalo Caceres, Commercial Director at TASA Background and Key Takeaways:   Gonzalo Caceres is the Commercial Director for TASA, a Peruvian fishing company that provides ingredi...

EPISODE #10 - Ask Dr. Sears Recording date: October 28, 2021 Broadcast date : November 4, 2021                                                          Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson   Guest : Dr. Bill Sears Background and Key Takeaways:   William Sears, M.D., has been advising busy parents on how to raise healthier families for over 40 years, and now focuses much of his at...

EPISODE #11 - Dr. Michael Crawford: DHA and the Brain Recording date: November 22, 2021 Broadcast date : December 17, 2021                                                        Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Guest : Dr. Michael Crawford Background and Key Takeaways: Dr. Michael Crawford has several decades of experience researching omega-3s, especially docosahexaenoic acid...

EPISODE #12a - Dr. Norm Salem – Part 1: How the Brain Gets DHA Recording date: December 20, 2021 Broadcast date : January 12, 2022                                                             Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Guest : Dr. Norman Salem Background and Key Takeaways: Dr. Norman Salem is a prolific omega-3 researcher whose career has focused primarily on omega-3 DHA...

EPISODE #12b - Dr. Norman Salem – Part 2: How the Brain Gets DHA   Recording date: December 20, 2021 Broadcast date : January 20, 2022                                                              Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson  Guest : Dr. Norman Salem Background and Key Takeaways: Dr. Norman Salem is a prolific omega-3 researcher whose career has focused primarily on omega...

EPISODE #13 - Dr. Jing Kang – How the Fat-1 Mouse Creates Omega-3 from Omega-6 Recording date: February 25, 2022 Broadcast date : March 23, 2022                                                              Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson  Guest : Dr. Jing Kang, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at Harvard & Director of the Laboratory for Lipid Medicine an...

EPISODE #14 - Translating Nutrition Science into Practice Recording date: April 12, 2022 Broadcast date : May 5, 2022                                                                    Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Guest : Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian Background and Key Takeaways:   Dr. Mozaffarian received his MD at Columbia University in New York City. And he did his Internal...

EPISODE #16 - NEW RESEARCH ALERT: DHA and Alzheimer’s  Recording date: June 20, 2022   Broadcast date : July 7, 2022                                                                       Host : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Guest : Dr. Aleix Sala-Vila Background and Key Takeaways:   Dr. Sala-Vila received his PhD in biomedicine from the University of Barcelona in 2004, and his res...

EPISODE #17 - Seafood Nutrition Partnership  Recording date: August 2, 2022 Broadcast date : August 17, 2022  Host : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Guest : Linda Cornish Background and key takeaways : Linda Cornish is the president of the Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP). She received her MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has had many management and leaders...

EPISODE #18 - What is GOED?  Recording date: August 3, 2022 Broadcast date : September 15, 2022                                                       Host : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Guest : Ellen Schutt Background and key takeaways : Ellen Schutt is the Executive Director of GOED, which is the global organization for EPA and DHA omega-3s. She's been there for 10 years an...

EPISODE #19 - UK Biobank Studies: Fish Oil Use Recording date: September 27, 2022 Broadcast date : October 20, 2022                                                            Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Background and key takeaways :  The UK Biobank is a large-scale biomedical database and research resource that is enabling new scientific discoveries to be made that impr...

EPISODE #20 - It is Dangerous for Women to Avoid Fish During Pregnancy Recording date: October 21, 2022 Broadcast date : November 17, 2022                                                        Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson  Guest: Dr. Tom Brenna Background and key takeaways :  In this episode, Drs. Harris and Jackson speak with Dr. Tom Brenna about seafood and pregnancy....

EPISODE #21 - EPA and DHA Metabolism Recording date: October 24, 2022 Broadcast date : December 15, 2022                                                             Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Guest: Dr. Richard Bazinet Background and key takeaways :  In this episode, Drs. Harris and Jackson speak with Dr. Richard Bazinet about the nitty-gritty details of EPA and DHA met...

EPISODE #22 - Measuring Omega-3 Status in Pregnant Women – Australia’s Pilot Program Recording date: December 14, 2022 Broadcast date : January 19, 2023  Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Guest: Dr. Robert Gibson Background and key takeaways :  In this episode, Drs. Harris and Jackson speak with Dr. Robert Gibson , a senior research fellow and professor of food science and nut...

EPISODE #23 - Dr. Martha Belury: Demystifying the Omega-6 Controversy Recording date: November 23, 2022 Broadcast date : February 16, 2023  Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Guest: Dr. Martha Belury Background and key takeaways :  In this episode, Drs. Harris and Jackson interview Dr. Martha Belury. Dr. Belury is the Carol S. Kennedy professor in the Department of Human Scienc...

EPISODE #24 - Research Alert! Omega-3 Index & COVID Recording date: March 3, 2023 Broadcast date : March 9, 2023    Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris and Kristina Harris Jackson Background and key takeaways :  In this episode, Drs. Harris and Jackson talk about a recently published study on the Omega-3 Index and COVID. Published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on March 1st, the study show...

EPISODE #25 - Omega-3 DHA & and the Infant Brain Recording date: March 17, 2023 Broadcast date : May 2, 2023  Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Guests: Drs. Kathleen Gustafson & Danielle Christifano Background and key takeaways :  In this episode, Drs. Harris and Jackson speak with Drs. Kathleen Gustafson and Danielle Christifano, from the University of Kansas Medical...

EPISODE #26 - What is FARI? Recording date : June 15, 2023  Broadcast date : June 29, 2023 Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson  Background and key takeaways :  In this episode, Drs. Harris and Jackson talk about the formation of the Fatty Acid Research Institute (FARI). FARI is a non-profit foundation that brings together nutrition scientists and biostatistical experts with stro...

EPISODE #27 - Omega-3 for Athletes & Military Personnel Recording date : July 14, 2023 Broadcast date : July 26, 2023   Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Guest: Jeff Heileson, PhD, RD, CSSD   Background and key takeaways :  Jeff Heileson, RD, CSSD, got his Doctorate in Nutritional Sciences at Baylor University, and is Registered Dietitian and a Certified Strength and Condi...

EPISODE #28 - How Omega-3s Affect Learning & Behavior  Recording date : August 31, 2023 Broadcast date : September 25, 2023 Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris : & Kristina Harris Jackson Guest: Dr. Alex Richardson, Founder & Director of the Food and Behavior Research Lab   Background and key takeaways :  For 30 years, Dr. Alex Richardson has been based at Oxford University and the Department of...

EPISODE #29 - How Omega-3s Really Affect Athletic Performance Recording date : October 6, 2023 Broadcast date : November 15, 2023 Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris : & Kristina Harris Jackson  Guest: Dr. Gregory Peoples, Medical Sciences Researcher, University of Wollongong, Australia Background and key takeaways :  Dr. Gregory Peoples is a senior lecturer and researcher in medical sciences at the Univ...