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Know
Your Fats
The
Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils,
and Cholesterol
By Mary G. Enig, Ph.D
The word is out! The low-fat diet doesn't
work! In spite of years of conventional nutritional wisdom
advocating a low-fat diet to battle heart disease and weight
problems, the US still leads the world in percentage of its
population dying from heart disease, and the nation is more
over-weight than ever before. The low-fat diet doesn't work!
But what fats are healthy, and which ones are not? This is
the book that will definitively answer your questions on fats
and oils.
This
book, written by an international expert, is your definitive
source for accurate information on fats, oils, cholesterol,
and their nutrition.
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Learn how much omega - 3 and omega - 6 fatty acids people
really need for optimum health
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Learn why the body makes saturated fatty acids
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Learn why cholesterol is needed by the brain, how it is
the body's repair substance, and how it is important for
proper hormone production.
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Learn which saturated fatty acids are conditionally essential.
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Learn how the functional saturated fatty acids such as
lauric acid promote health
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Learn how to select the best fats and oils for healthy
ease-of-use
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Dr. Mary G. Enig, a nutritionist/biochemist
of international renown for her research on the nutritional
aspects of fats and oils, is a consultant, clinician, and
the Director of the Nutritional Sciences Division of Enig
Associates, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Enig, a consultant
on nutrition to individuals, industry, and state and federal
governments, is a licensed practitioner in Maryland and the
District of Columbia. She has served as a Contributing Editor
of the scientific journal Clinical Nutrition and a
Consulting Editor of the Journal of the American College of
Nutrition.
Dr. Enig has authored numerous journal publications,
mainly on fats and oils research and nutrient/drug interactions,
and is a well-known invited lecturer at scientific meetings
and a popular interviewee on TV and radio shows about nutrition.
She was an early and articulate critic of the use of trans
fatty acids and advocated their inclusion in nutritional labeling.
The scientific mainstream is now challenging the food product
industry's use of trans-containing partially hydrogenated
vegetable oils.
She received her Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences
from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is a Fellow
of The American College of Nutrition, a member of The American
Society for Nutritional Sciences, and President of the Maryland
Nutritionists Association.
Know Your Fats is written in easy-to-follow
language that anyone can understand, but is also packed with
so much research and information that it can be used as a
university text book. The back is filled with useful charts
on the fatty acid composition of natural foods, including
the omega essential fatty acids.
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Best
Book on Understanding Fats and Oils in Nutrition!
Know
Your Fats:
The
Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition
of Fats, Oils, and Cholesterol
By
Mary G. Enig, Ph.D
$28.95
Price when ordered together with any size
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$33.95 Price as a separate item.
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