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Potential for Dietary ω-3 Fatty Acids to Prevent Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Reduce the Risk of Primary Liver Cancer

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Jump, Donald B., Depner, Christopher M., Tripathy, Sasmita, and Lytle, Kelli A.

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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has increased in parallel with central obesity and its prevalence is anticipated to increase as the obesity epidemic remains unabated. NAFLD is now the most common cause of chronic liver disease in developed countries and is defined as excessive lipid accumulation in the liver, i.e.,...

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, Christopher M. Depner, Sasmita Tripathy and Kelli A. Lytle 6 7 Nutrition Program 8 School of Biological
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Jump, Donald B., Depner, Christopher M., and Tripathy, Sasmita

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Epidemiological studies on Greenland Inuits in the 1970s and subsequent human studies have established an inverse relationship between the ingestion of omega-3 fatty acids [C₂₀₋₂₂ ω3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)], blood levels of C₂₀₋₂₂ ω3 PUFA and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease [CVD]. C₂₀₋₂₂ ω3 PUFA have pleiotropic effects on...

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sources of 3 PUFA are available from plants, algae and yeast. A key question examined in this review is