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| Preface and Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Broader Context | |
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| Fatty Degeneration - The Importance of Fats | |
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| Foundations of Human Health | |
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| Face Fats! Components of Fats, Oils, and Cholesterol | |
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| Fatty Acids Overview | |
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| What's in a Name? - Naming Fatty Acids | |
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| Hard Fats and Saturated Fatty Acids (SaFAs) | |
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| The Sugar-Fat Connection | |
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| Liquid Oils and Unsaturated Fatty Acids (UFAs) | |
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| The Healing Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) | |
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| Triglyceride Fats (TGs) | |
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| Phospholipids (PLs) and Membranes | |
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| Lecithin | |
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| Cholesterol | |
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| Essential Nutrients | |
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| Fat Cats in the Fats Lane History, Oil Making, Toxic Products, and Promotion | |
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| A Brief History of Oil Making | |
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| The Business of Fats and Oils | |
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| From Seed to Oil - Commercial Oil Making Methods | |
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| From Oil to Margarine - Hydrogenation | |
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| Margarines, Shortenings, and Trans- Fatty Acids | |
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| Other Toxic Products | |
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| Erucic Acid: Toxic or Beneficial? | |
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| Light, Free Radicals, and Oils | |
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| Frying and Deep-Frying | |
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| Fractionation and Transesterification | |
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| Advertising and Jargon | |
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| Polyunsaturates and Superunsaturates | |
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| Vitamin E and Polyunsaturates | |
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| 'Cold-pressed': A Meaningless Term | |
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| Making Oils with Human Health in Mind | |
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| Packaging and Storing Oils | |
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| Labeling Oil Products | |
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| Fats and Figures - Fats in the Human Body | |
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| Body Fat | |
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| Fat Consumption and Daily Requirement | |
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| Digestion of Fats, Oils, and Cholesterol | |
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| Metabolism of Fats and Oils | |
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| Vitamin and Mineral Co-Factors in Fat and Cholesterol Metabolism | |
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| Individuality | |
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| Orthomolecular Nutrition | |
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| Stress and the Battery of Life | |
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| Antioxidants and the Fire That is Life | |
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| Why Calorie Counting Fails and What to Do to Lose Weight | |
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| Blood Cholesterol = Plasma Lipoproteins = HDL, LDL, and Lp(a) | |
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| The Fats of Life - Fats in Food Products | |
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| Diet Controversies | |
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| Rating Oils in Diets | |
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| How Fat are Your Foods? | |
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| Cholesterol in Foods | |
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| Meats | |
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| Mother's Milk and Dairy Products | |
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| Poultry | |
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| Eggs | |
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| Oils in Seeds | |
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| Butter Verus Margarine | |
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| Tropical Fats | |
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| Hidden Junk Fats and Fat Substitutes | |
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| New Research - New Fats Fat Finding Missions, Breakthroughs, Applications | |
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| Virgin Olive Oils - Unrefined Versus Refined | |
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| Oils from Fish and Seafoods: EPA and DHA | |
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| Snake Oil (EPA) and Patent Medicines | |
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| Evening Primrose, Borage, and Black Currant Oils: GLA | |
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| Prostaglandins (PGs) | |
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| Flax: LNA | |
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| Hemp: LA, LNA, and GLA | |
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| Exotic Oils | |
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| Oil and Protein Work Together | |
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| Budwig, Flax Oil, and Protein | |
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| Flax and Oil Blend Recipes | |
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| Medium-Chain Triglycerides (MCTs) | |
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| Alkylglycerols | |
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| Oils and Sunshine - Light and Health | |
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| Balanced Nutrition and Life-Style | |
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| Fats and Fates - Fats and Degenerative Diseases | |
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| Changes in Fat Consumption and Degenerative Disease | |
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| Degenerative Diseases | |
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| Is the Cholesterol Theory Wrong? | |
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| Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) | |
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| Diabetes | |
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| Overweight and Constipation | |
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| Skin Conditions, Tanning Lotions, and Ozone | |
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| Female Conditions | |
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| Allergies, Arthritis, and Asthma | |
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| Addictions, Mental Illness, and Violence | |
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| 'Bugs': Candida Yeast, Fungi, Bacteria, and Chronic Fatigue | |
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| Cancer | |
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| AIDS | |
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| Auto-Immune Conditions | |
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| Other Degenerative Conditions | |
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| Aging and Longevity | |
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| Infants and Oils | |
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| Athletes and Oils | |
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| Pets and Oils | |
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| The Business and Politics of Health | |
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| Toward Total Health - Live Long and Feel Fat-astic | |
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| Recommendations for Health | |
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| The Biological Basis of Natural Therapies | |
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| Health as Wholeness | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Services Provided | |