EPISODE #12a - Dr. Norm Salem – Part 1: How the Brain Gets DHA
Recording date: December 20, 2021
Broadcast date: January 12, 2022
Hosts: Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson
Guest: Dr. Norman Salem
Background and Key Takeaways: Dr. Norman Salem is a prolific omega-3 researcher whose career has focused primarily on omega-3 DHA and the brain. Dr. Salem obtained his PhD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Neurobiology. For 30 years, Dr. Salem worked at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) where he led the Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics. And after retiring from NIH, he worked at Martek, the first algal DHA company, and then for DSM when they acquired Martek. In this episode, he explain how inefficient the body is at converting ALA into DHA. And how, when the situation calls for it, the brain steals any DHA it can from other organs in the body. The only way to feed the body what it needs is to get DHA preformed — such as that found in fish or omega-3 supplements.
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