| Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover editon. |
| Description |
ix, 479 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
Challenges popular misconceptions about fats and nutrition science, revealing the distorted claims of nutrition studies while arguing that more dietary fat can lead to better health, wellness, and fitness. |
| Contents |
The fat paradox : good health on a high-fat diet -- Why we think saturated fat is unhealthy -- The low-fat diet is introduced to America -- The flawed science of saturated versus polyunsaturated fats -- The low-fat diet goes to Washington -- How women and children fare on a low-fat diet -- Selling the Mediterranean diet : what is the science? -- Exit saturated fats, enter trans fats -- Exit trans fats, enter something worse? -- Why saturated fat is good for you -- A note on meat and ethics. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page [341]-453) and index. |
| Subject |
Lipids in human nutrition.
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Saturated fatty acids in human nutrition.
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| ISBN |
9781451624434 (paperback) |
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9781451624427 (hardcover) |
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1451624425 (hardcover) |
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