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Health effects of dietary fats: Replace risks with benefits

We often talk to our patients about good and bad fats and how to pick the right ones. Dr. Phil Wood has the best handout I have ever seen, click here to get your copy
Every time I read a news-feed it has something about how we are losing the battle against diabetes, pre-diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. Phil Wood DVM, MS, PhD focuses on Adiponectin: An Ally In Reducing Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and shows that there is a growing interest in understanding the role of adiponectin in insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes.
Last week I had the great opportunity to meet Dr. Phil Wood at the ADA conference in Chicago, we chatted about fat and other things and he prepared this week’s article based on his review of the abstracts. Be sure to read Dyslipidemia In Insulin Resistance: Hypertriglyceridemia And Low HDL Cholesterol
Have you ever had a patient ask, how much do our genes contribute to our risk of developing diabetes? Or, "Diabetes seems to run in my family. Am I doomed to developing the disease too?" Phil Wood DVM, MS, PhD gives us a way to answer in his feature Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes: Concepts of Risk Rather Than Cause.
Long-chain Omega-3 Fatty acids from Fish: Health Benefits, Potential Mechanisms, and Associated Risks

This week we want to introduce you to Philip A. Wood, DVM, PhD. His specialty is fatty acid metabolism and genetics and he has published more than 75 peer reviewed papers about the impact of genetics, diet, physical activity and drugs on diseases of excess fat. He has recently published the book How Fat Works and is now joining our featured writers group. His first article Long-chain Omega-3 Fatty acids from Fish: Health Benefits, Potential Mechanisms, and Associated Risks delivers timely info you can use to help your patients.
This week we also have the second article from Philip A. Wood, DVM, PhD. A Perspective on Sugars: Fructose, high fructose corn syrup, and sucrose which will review and compare features of three sweeteners because, as you may know, sugar gets in our diets from many sources.
Every day I see patients I talk about insulin resistance and how it leads to diabetes. I have based my conversations, on what I thought was the best data. Now that I read Insulin Resistance: A Vicious Circle Of Excess Fat, by Phil Wood DVM, MS, PhD I realize that I am going to have to change a few of my statements as there are some facts you won't want to miss.
This week Dr. Phil Wood's article, Nutrigenetic testing: Is it ready for prime-time?, looks at the one goal of modern genetics and medicine is to provide "individualized medicine," or medical care based on an individual's genotype. Nutrigenetics is one example of the developing potential for meeting that goal.

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