A Primer in Fatty Acids: Why We Need to Understand Fish Oil

Speaker Name/Credentials

Seth Baum, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACPM, FNLA
President-Elect, American Society for Preventive Cardiology
Medical Director, Women’s Preventive Cardiology
Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute
Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer
MB Clinical Research

Estimated time of Talk

45 minutes

Learning Objectives

• Define the common fats and fatty acids
• Understand EPA, DHA, and their derivatives
• Examine the flaws in Omega-3 CVD Intervention Trials
• Learn to read a label
• Understand omega-3 testing and why it makes a difference to test our patients

Conflicts of Interest

AstraZeneca Research/Consultant/Speaker
Regeneron/Sanofi Research
Akcea Research/Consultant
Formulated VitalOils1000^TM
Wife owns VitalRemedyMD, Inc.