Author: Maria Plimley

Highlighted in the Vancouver Sun, this article explores the effects of PUFAs and MUFAs on lethargy and pathological symptoms, particularly on physical activity and insulin resistance in rodents, within just six weeks.

Latest story featuring Dr. Ghosh, talks about the connection of common PUFA fats to a lazy lifestyle and diabetes. Full article here. Received all over the world, including here and here.

 

Check out the newest paper and strong correlation recently discovered “between dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids with TV watching and diabetes in European females” from a 21 country analysis here.

Dr. Ghosh gave a presentation to prospective students on the use of drosophila within research at the recent Experience UBC event.

Dr. Ghosh and the lab present how fruitflies can be used in research at this year’s #ExperienceUBC.

 UBC-O Researcher Sanjoy Ghosh and PhD candidate Amy Botta discovered Canadian butter to have the highest PUFA content in a recent commercial global butter study. More here.

A CBC interview with Dr. Sanjoy Ghosh, and host Carol Off, on the Ghosh lab’s most recent study on Omega 6 levels in various international butters here.

A recent publication, led by PhD Candidate Amy Botta and Dr. Sanjoy Ghosh explored the composition of various butters worldwide, specifically the effects of n-6 PUFA oilseed production on butter fatty acid composition in 14 countries here.

A team of researchers analyzed various types of fats (PUFAs, MUFAs, saturated) and caloric intake on gut health within rodents. Published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, the results are well worth reading here.

“It’s a cholesterol-centric world,” says Ghosh. “For a long time we measured cholesterol as a biomarker for everything. Maybe people should start measuring exercise, voluntary physical activity, inflammation, and other things, and really look at how unsaturated fats influence health.”