47 The Surprising Heart Disease Predictor You Might be Missing

The Surprising Heart Disease Predictor You Might be MissingOmegaMatters: Episode 47Hosts: Drs. Bill Harris and Kristina Harris JacksonGuest: Dr. Heidi Lai, Associate Scientist, Fatty Acid Research Institute (FARI)About this episode: In this episode, Drs. Harris and Jackson welcome Dr. Heidi Lai. Heidi has recently joined the Fatty Acid Research Institute (FARI) as an associate scientist where she studies how blood levels of fatty acids relate to long term health outcomes. She holds a PhD in food science and nutrition from the University of Leeds in the UK. Received her postdoctoral training in nutritional epidemiology at Tufts University in the US and has worked as a research advisor in Imperial College London in the UK. Heidi has also been an active member of the International Fatty Acids and Outcomes Research Consortium (FORCE) group since 2018, which FARI works with quite a bit. For more information on OmegaMatters, visit https://omegaquant.com/omegamatters-broadcasts/ To watch this episode, visit our YouTube channel.To read the full transcript from this OmegaMatters episode, visit https://omegaquant.com/omegamatters-broadcasts/.To learn more about omega-3 testing, visit: https://omegaquant.com/omega-3-index-complete/