The Emerging Research World Of Omega-3 Absorption For Brain Health With Professor Melanie Plourde, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Professor Melanie Plourde, a full professor at the Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, found a disconnect in the important role of omega-3 for the brain. So she dived deep into this, filling in the gaps with her research program around two themes: (1) to understand how omega-3s are transferred from the blood to the brain, (2) to maximize omega-3s transport to the brain. In this episode, she joins Corinna Bellizzi to take us to the emerging research world of omega-3 as it relates to brain health. Professor Melanie investigates further by sharing how much of the foods we consume, and the nutrition we get from omega-3 can impact later expressions of health challenges. She then shares how we can supplement it to our diet and offers us a look into her recent research on how lipids traveling in the blood are transported to our brain.

Key takeaways from this episode:

-   How omega-3s affect brain health

-   How nutrition impacts later expressions of health issues

-   The different genome types in relation to diseases

-   How people can augment their diet on a daily basis

Guest Social Links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/m%C3%A9lanie-plourde-949a1636/

Research Article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955286322002492?fbclid=IwAR1tnRpHEWsbZEwtWatSZK0EK8Q2NatYO3mZSSuuHWN-cP2bDkcyAzG4W34#!