LAMARCHE, Benoît Full Professor


Researcher - Theme 3

Regular member

Director - Clinical investigation unit

Current Research Projects

Research interest

Dr Lamarche research interests focus on the impact of nutrition on cardio-metabolic health associated with obesity and metabolic health in the context of biomedical, fundamental and epidemiological studies.  

Expertise

Clinical nutrition Functional food lipidologie inflammation métabolisme nutrition maladies cardiovasculaires épidémiologie

Université Laval

École de nutrition
Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels (INAF)
Pavillon des Services,
2440, boul. Hochelaga bureau 2729-M
Université Laval
Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6
418 656-2131 extension : 404355
Fax : 418 656-5877
benoit.lamarche@fsaa.ulaval.ca

Research chair

Canada research chair in nutrition, functional foods and cardiovascular health and Chair in human nutrition, lipidology and cardiovascular disease prevention

Others links

In the context of a unique Canada wide collaboration including David Jenkins from Toronto, Peter Jones from Winnipeg and Jiri Frolich from Vancouver, Dr Lamarche and his team have demonstrated the long term impacts of the portfolio diet on CVD risk factors (JAMA 2011). His work has demonstrated that large amounts of trans fatty acids from natural and industrial sources have the same effects on CVD risk factors (AJCN 2008, Mol Nutr Food Res 2011, AJCN 2012). It was the first controlled study on the matter. In conclusion, his laboratory has published numerous studies on the Mediterranean diet, its use in the north-american context and its impact on health (Atheroscler 2003, Br J Nutr 2004, 2010, 2011, Nutrition J 2004, J Nutr 2005, Curr Nutr Food Sc 2006, Health Educ Res 2007, Eur J Clin Nutr 2007, J Nutr 2008, NMCD 2010).  

  • Lamarche B, Tchernof A, Dagenais GR, Cantin B, Lupien PJ, Després JP: Small, dense LDL particles and the risk of ischemic heart disease. Prospective results from the Québec Cardiovascular Study. Circulation 1997;95:69?75
  • Lamarche B, Tchernof A, Mauriège P, Cantin B, Dagenais GR, Lupien PJ, Després JP: Fasting insulin and apolipoprotein B levels and low-density lipoprotein particle size as risk factors for ischemic heart disease JAMA 1998; 279:1955-1961
  • Lamarche B, Uffelman KD, Carpentier A, Cohn JS, Steiner G, Barrett PH, Lewis GF. Triglyceride enrichment of HDL enhances in vivo metabolic clearance of HDL apo A-I in healthy men. J Clin Invest 1999; 103:1191-1199
  • Motard-Bélanger A, Charest A, Grenier G, Paquin P, Chouinard Y, Lemieux S, Couture P, Lamarche B. Study of the effect of trans fatty acids from ruminants on blood lipids and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Mar;87(3):593-9.
  • Mauger JF, Lévesque J, Paradis ME, Bergeron N, Tchernof A, Couture P, Lamarche B. Intravascular kinetics of C-reactive protein and their relationships with features of the metabolic syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Aug;93(8):3158-64
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Lipoprotein Physiology, Univerisity of Toronto, 1998
  • Ph.D., Physiology, Université Laval, 1996
  • M.Sc., Physical Activity Science, Université Laval, 1993
  • B.Sc., Biochemistry, Université Laval, 1991