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Evaluation of physiological and biochemical responses to altered dietary n-6 to n-3 PUFA intake: definition of optimal n-6 to n-3 PUFA ratio?

Reference	AFQ09261
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Christine Williams
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Philip Calder, Dr George Miller
Institution	University of Reading
Department	Food and Nutritional Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	49,004
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	08/07/1998
End date	31/01/2002
Duration	42 months

Abstract

Despite increasing evidence for beneficial effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), recent UK reports on diet and health have been unable to make firm recommendations for population changes in this class of fatty acids due to lack of substantive information on the type and amount of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (EPA/DHA) and the precursor n-3 PUFA, alphalinolenic acid, on a range of health related outcome markers, measures of immune and inflammatory response and antioxidant status). The overall objective is to provide a stronger scientific basis for deciding at what level and in what form n-3 PUFA should provide in the human diet.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	LINK: Agro-food quality (AFQ) [1993-1997]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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