OmegaMatters

Recording date: November 24, 2025Broadcast date: December 12, 2025Hosts: Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris JacksonGuest: Dr. Daniel Amen About this episode: In this episode, Drs. Harris and Jackson talk to Dr. Daniel Amen. The Washington Post called Dr. Daniel Amen the most popular psychiatrist in America. He is a former infantry medic and board-certified child and adult psychiatrist, who trained at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. He is also the founder and CEO of Amen Clinics, with 11 locations nationwide and home to the world’s largest brain imaging database for psychiatry with nearly 300,000 SPECT scans on patients from 155 countries. 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/ 

The Role of Diet: Children & Adults with Learning Disabilities Recording date: June 25, 2025Broadcast date: Nvoember 19, 2025 Hosts: Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris JacksonGuest: Dr. Rachel Gow About this episode: In this episode, Drs. Harris and Jackson talk to Dr. Rachel Gow, a child neuropsychologist specializing in ADHD and associated neurodivergent conditions in the overall field of nutritional neuroscience. She holds a PhD in child neuropsychology from King's College in London and is a registered nutritionist. She's a lecturer at several universities in the UK, and trained here at the NIH stateside with Dr. Joe Hibbeln. She writes books and has created a nonprofit to help talk about this topic. 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/

Surprising Research on Omega-3/Omega-6 and Inflammation OmegaMatters: Episode 49Hosts: Drs. Bill Harris and Kristina Harris JacksonGuest: Dr. Philip CalderAbout this episode: In this episode, Drs. Harris and Jackson talk to Dr. Philip Calder, who is a Professor of Nutritional Immunology in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton in the U.K. He's an internationally recognized researcher on fatty acids with an emphasis on the roles of omega-3 fatty acids and the influence of diet and nutrients on the immune and inflammatory responses. He's received many awards and honors, including the AOCS Ralph T. Homan Achievement Award in 2015, the prestigious Danone International Prize for Nutrition in 2016, and the DSM Lifetime Achievement Prize in human nutrition in 2017. He's also helped steer many of the nutrition organizations over the last 20 years, including ISSFAL, ESPEN, the Nutrition Society, and currently the Federation of European Nutrition Societies. 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/

Conflicting Omega-3 Index World Maps (What's Correct?)OmegaMatters: Episode 48Hosts: Drs. Bill Harris and Kristina Harris JacksonAbout this episode: In this episode, Drs. Harris and Jackson talk about a new world map Omega-3 paper, which prompted the question: “Why do different laboratories provide different values for blood Omega-3 fatty acids, which resulted in two very different world maps of Omega-3 status?” So they dug into the paper to see if they could understand better why they have two very different views on Omega-3 status in the world. 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/

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/