Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson

OmegaMatters

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OmegaMatters is an educational podcast hosted by Drs. Bill Harris and Kristina Harris that focuses on all things omegas. With the help of their guests, they will try and put some of the most important research studies into context. They will focus mainly on omega-3 fatty acids, but from time to time will explore other corners of the fatty acid world. Want to know your omega-3 levels? Try a test! Use code OMEGAMATTERS10 to get 10% off your order @ OmegaQuant.com (code cannot be combined with other offers and is good for one-time use.)

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Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson

Episodes

30 Omega-3 and Dementia 11.07.2024 45:09

EPISODE #30 - Omega-3s and Dementia Risk Recording date : December 19, 2023 Broadcast date : January 5, 2024 Hosts : Dr. Bill Harris Guest: Dr. Aleix Sala-Vida Background and key takeaways : Dr. Aleix Sala-Vila got his PhD in 2004 in biomedicine from the University of Barcelona and did four postdoctoral fellowships, which increased his breadth and depth of understanding in the nutrition field....

31 Omega-3 Index and Stroke Study with Dr O'Keefe 11.07.2024 31:19

EPISODE #31- The Omega-3 Index and Stroke Risk Recording date : January 19, 2024 Broadcast date : February 1, 2024 Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Guest: Dr. James O’Keefe Background and key takeaways : Dr. James O’Keefe is a preventative cardiologist at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. He's also the director of the Duboc Cardio Health and Wellness Center a...

32 Omega-3 Index and Heart Remodeling 11.07.2024 39:18

EPISODE #32 - The Omega-3 Index and Heart Remodeling Recording date : February 12, 2024 Broadcast date : March 4, 2024 Hosts : Drs. Harris and Jackson Guest: Dr. Raymond Kwong Background and key takeaways : Dr. Raymond Kwong, Director of the Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging or MRI Center at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. And he's an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medic...

33 How Diet and Supplementation Impacts the Omega-3 Index 11.07.2024 36:02

EPISODE #33 - How Diet & Supplementation Impacts the Omega-3 Index Recording date : April 1, 2024 Broadcast date : April 10, 2024 Hosts : Drs. Harris and Jackson Guest: Dr. Laurel Wentz About this episode : Dr. Laurel Wentz talks about her deep dive into the Omega-3 Index and supplementation and diet and everything that affects the Omega-3 Index. She recently published a large paper that dis...

34 Considerations for Buying an Omega-3 Test 11.07.2024 38:22

EPISODE #34 - Considerations for Buying an Omega-3 Test Recording date : April 8, 2024 Broadcast date : May 16, 2024 Hosts : Drs. Harris and Jackson Guest: Dr. Kevin Maki Background and key takeaways : Dr. Kevin Maki is the founder and chief scientist of Midwest Biomedical Research where they specialize in designing and conducting clinical trials related to cardiometabolic health, clinical nut...

35 Fish Oil - Going Behind the Headlines 11.07.2024 20:29

EPISODE #35 - Going Behind the Headlines… Is Fish Oil Bad for Healthy Hearts? Recording date : May 31, 2024 Broadcast date : June 1, 2024 Hosts : Drs. Bill Harris and Kristina Harris Jackson Background and key takeaways : For this special edition of OmegaMatters, Drs. Bill Harris and Kristina Harris Jackson review a recent BMJ paper that concluded fish oil was bad for healthy hearts. There are sev...

15 Dr. Kristina Harris Jackson & the Role of DHA in Preterm Birth 11.07.2024 23:10

EPISODE #15 Title: Dr. Kristina Harris Jackson: Omega-3 DHA’s Role in Preterm Birth Recording date: April 30, 2022 Broadcast date : June 2, 2022 Host : Dr. Bill Harris Guest : Dr. Kristina Harris Jackson Background and Key Takeaways: Kristina Harris Jackson, PhD, RD, is the Director of Research and part-owner of OmegaQuant Ana...

Introducing: OmegaMatters 11.07.2024 6:11

Welcome to Omega Matters, where we talk all things omegas. I'm Kristina Jackson and this is my dad, Dr. Bill Harris. We're both PhDs in nutritional science, which is kind of unique. And we are both studying fatty acids. If you've ever heard of omega-3s and fish oil, then you have heard of fatty acids. People are always asking us about the latest research paper. "What do you th...