Anti-Inflammatory Medicine Courses
Title: Anti-inflammatory Medicine: The Role of Diet and Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Lead speakers: Dr. Barry Sears, president of the Inflammation Research Foundation and Dr. Carol Johnston, chairwoman of the Department of Nutrition, Arizona State University.
Specific objectives:
1. To provide an understanding about how the immune system can be affected by dietary interventions.
2. To understand the role of omega-3 fatty acids in modulating inflammatory responses.
3. To discuss the latest research on diet and omega-3 fatty acids in a variety of chronic diseases.
4. To provide the attendee with practical applications of dietary intervention that can be easily communicated.
Preliminary Agenda
1. What Is Inflammation?
Classical vs. silent inflammation
Overview of the innate immune system
Toll-like receptors, transcription factors, second messengers
Eicosanoids as inflammatory mediators
The Role of AA, EPA, and DGLA as eicosanoid precursors
Dietary inhibition of inflammatory responses mediated by the innate immune system
2. Measuring Inflammation
WBC
Neutrophils
C-reactive protein
AA/EPA ratio
3. Understanding Obesity as an Adipose Tumor
4. Omega-3 Fatty Acids as Anti-Inflammatory Nutrients
Essential fatty acid metabolism
Eicosanoid metabolism
Problems inherent with omega-3 fatty acid supplementation
Measurement of eicosanoid status
5. Effect of Diet on Genetic Transcription
Toll-like receptors
Transcription factors
Protein transcription
6. Intervention Studies
Obesity
Type 2 Diabetes
Cardiovascular Disease
7. Intervention Studies
Cancer
Inflammatory Diseases
Neurological Disease
8. Increasing compliance
9. Questions and Answers
For more information, email zonecourses@drsears.com.