Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill: The Complete Guide to Fats, Oils, Cholesterol and Human Health

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ISBN: 9780920470381 | 0920470386
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/1/1993

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Fats that Heal Fats that Kill presents the most current research on common and lesser known oils with therapeutic potential: flax, hemp, olive, fish, evening primrose, borage, blackcurrant, and even the much maligned snake oil. Here the author exposes the manufacturing processes that turn healing fats into killing fats, explains the effects of these damaged fats on human health, and discloses the information that enables you to choose health-promoting oils.

Preface and Acknowledgements	p. xix
Introduction	p. xxi
A Broader Context	p. 1
Fatty Degeneration - The Importance of Fats	p. 3
Foundations of Human Health	p. 5
Face Fats! Components of Fats, Oils, and Cholesterol	p. 11
Fatty Acids Overview	p. 13
What's in a Name? - Naming Fatty Acids	p. 23
Hard Fats and Saturated Fatty Acids (SaFAs)	p. 29
The Sugar-Fat Connection	p. 31
Liquid Oils and Unsaturated Fatty Acids (UFAs)	p. 39
The Healing Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs)	p. 43
Triglyceride Fats (TGs)	p. 54
Phospholipids (PLs) and Membranes	p. 58
Lecithin	p. 62
Cholesterol	p. 64
Essential Nutrients	p. 73
Fat Cats in the Fats Lane History, Oil Making, Toxic Products, and Promotion	p. 83
A Brief History of Oil Making	p. 85
The Business of Fats and Oils	p. 90
From Seed to Oil - Commercial Oil Making Methods	p. 93
From Oil to Margarine - Hydrogenation	p. 100
Margarines, Shortenings, and Trans- Fatty Acids	p. 106
Other Toxic Products	p. 112
Erucic Acid: Toxic or Beneficial?	p. 116
Light, Free Radicals, and Oils	p. 118
Frying and Deep-Frying	p. 125
Fractionation and Transesterification	p. 129
Advertising and Jargon	p. 132
Polyunsaturates and Superunsaturates	p. 136
Vitamin E and Polyunsaturates	p. 139
'Cold-pressed': A Meaningless Term	p. 141
Making Oils with Human Health in Mind	p. 144
Packaging and Storing Oils	p. 146
Labeling Oil Products	p. 148
Fats and Figures - Fats in the Human Body	p. 153
Body Fat	p. 155
Fat Consumption and Daily Requirement	p. 160
Digestion of Fats, Oils, and Cholesterol	p. 163
Metabolism of Fats and Oils	p. 169
Vitamin and Mineral Co-Factors in Fat and Cholesterol Metabolism	p. 172
Individuality	p. 175
Orthomolecular Nutrition	p. 178
Stress and the Battery of Life	p. 185
Antioxidants and the Fire That is Life	p. 190
Why Calorie Counting Fails and What to Do to Lose Weight	p. 192
Blood Cholesterol = Plasma Lipoproteins = HDL, LDL, and Lp(a)	p. 199
The Fats of Life - Fats in Food Products	p. 205
Diet Controversies	p. 207
Rating Oils in Diets	p. 210
How Fat are Your Foods?	p. 213
Cholesterol in Foods	p. 221
Meats	p. 223
Mother's Milk and Dairy Products	p. 227
Poultry	p. 231
Eggs	p. 232
Oils in Seeds	p. 235
Butter Verus Margarine	p. 242
Tropical Fats	p. 246
Hidden Junk Fats and Fat Substitutes	p. 249
New Research - New Fats Fat Finding Missions, Breakthroughs, Applications	p. 251
Virgin Olive Oils - Unrefined Versus Refined	p. 253
Oils from Fish and Seafoods: EPA and DHA	p. 258
Snake Oil (EPA) and Patent Medicines	p. 265
Evening Primrose, Borage, and Black Currant Oils: GLA	p. 269
Prostaglandins (PGs)	p. 275
Flax: LNA	p. 279
Hemp: LA, LNA, and GLA	p. 287
Exotic Oils	p. 292
Oil and Protein Work Together	p. 294
Budwig, Flax Oil, and Protein	p. 298
Flax and Oil Blend Recipes	p. 303
Medium-Chain Triglycerides (MCTs)	p. 308
Alkylglycerols	p. 309
Oils and Sunshine - Light and Health	p. 310
Balanced Nutrition and Life-Style	p. 315
Fats and Fates - Fats and Degenerative Diseases	p. 323
Changes in Fat Consumption and Degenerative Disease	p. 325
Degenerative Diseases	p. 327
Is the Cholesterol Theory Wrong?	p. 331
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)	p. 338
Diabetes	p. 341
Overweight and Constipation	p. 343
Skin Conditions, Tanning Lotions, and Ozone	p. 346
Female Conditions	p. 350
Allergies, Arthritis, and Asthma	p. 351
Addictions, Mental Illness, and Violence	p. 356
'Bugs': Candida Yeast, Fungi, Bacteria, and Chronic Fatigue	p. 358
Cancer	p. 362
AIDS	p. 369
Auto-Immune Conditions	p. 372
Other Degenerative Conditions	p. 375
Aging and Longevity	p. 377
Infants and Oils	p. 380
Athletes and Oils	p. 384
Pets and Oils	p. 388
The Business and Politics of Health	p. 389
Toward Total Health - Live Long and Feel Fat-astic	p. 397
Recommendations for Health	p. 399
The Biological Basis of Natural Therapies	p. 407
Health as Wholeness	p. 416
Abbreviations	p. 425
Glossary	p. 427
Bibliography	p. 436
Index	p. 444
About the Author	p. 455
Services Provided	p. 456
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Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill: The Complete Guide to Fats, Oils, Cholesterol and Human Health

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