Address for correspondence: William E.M. Lands, Ph.D., 6100 Westchester Park Drive, Apt. 1219, College Park MD 20740 USA. Voice/fax: 301-345-4061. wemlands@att.net
Every year, more young people start the slow progressive injury
that eventually becomes cardiovascular disease and death. It
could be prevented with nutrition education, but medical efforts
focus more on treatments for older people than on preventing
primary causes of disease in young people. Two avoidable risks
are prevented by simple dietary interventions: (1) Eat more
omega-3 and less omega-6 fats, so tissues have less intense
n-6 eicosanoid action, and (2) eat less food per meal to lower
vascular postprandial oxidant stress. An empirical diet-tissue
relationship was developed and put into an interactive personalized
software program to aid informed food choices.
