| Preface and Acknowledgements | xix |
| Introduction | xxi |
Section 1 | A Broader Context | 1 |
1 | Fatty Degeneration - The Importance of Fats | 3 |
2 | Foundations of Human Health | 5 |
Section 2 | Face Fats! Components of Fats, Oils, and Cholesterol | 11 |
3 | Fatty Acids Overview | 13 |
4 | What's in a Name? - Naming Fatty Acids | 23 |
5 | Hard Fats and Saturated Fatty Acids (SaFAs) | 29 |
6 | The Sugar-Fat Connection | 31 |
7 | Liquid Oils and Unsaturated Fatty Acids (UFAs) | 39 |
8 | The Healing Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) | 43 |
9 | Triglyceride Fats (TGs) | 54 |
10 | Phospholipids (PLs) and Membranes | 58 |
11 | Lecithin | 62 |
12 | Cholesterol | 64 |
13 | Essential Nutrients | 73 |
Section 3 | Fat Cats in the Fats Lane History, Oil Making, Toxic Products, and Promotion | 83 |
14 | A Brief History of Oil Making | 85 |
15 | The Business of Fats and Oils | 90 |
16 | From Seed to Oil - Commercial Oil Making Methods | 93 |
17 | From Oil to Margarine - Hydrogenation | 100 |
18 | Margarines, Shortenings, and Trans- Fatty Acids | 106 |
19 | Other Toxic Products | 112 |
20 | Erucic Acid: Toxic or Beneficial? | 116 |
21 | Light, Free Radicals, and Oils | 118 |
22 | Frying and Deep-Frying | 125 |
23 | Fractionation and Transesterification | 129 |
24 | Advertising and Jargon | 132 |
25 | Polyunsaturates and Superunsaturates | 136 |
26 | Vitamin E and Polyunsaturates | 139 |
27 | 'Cold-pressed': A Meaningless Term | 141 |
28 | Making Oils with Human Health in Mind | 144 |
29 | Packaging and Storing Oils | 146 |
30 | Labeling Oil Products | 148 |
Section 4 | Fats and Figures - Fats in the Human Body | 153 |
31 | Body Fat | 155 |
32 | Fat Consumption and Daily Requirement | 160 |
33 | Digestion of Fats, Oils, and Cholesterol | 163 |
34 | Metabolism of Fats and Oils | 169 |
35 | Vitamin and Mineral Co-Factors in Fat and Cholesterol Metabolism | 172 |
36 | Individuality | 175 |
37 | Orthomolecular Nutrition | 178 |
38 | Stress and the Battery of Life | 185 |
39 | Antioxidants and the Fire That is Life | 190 |
40 | Why Calorie Counting Fails and What to Do to Lose Weight | 192 |
41 | Blood Cholesterol = Plasma Lipoproteins = HDL, LDL, & Lp(a) | 199 |
Section 5 | The Fats of Life - Fats in Food Products | 205 |
42 | Diet Controversies | 207 |
43 | Rating Oils in Diets | 210 |
44 | How Fat are Your Foods? | 213 |
45 | Cholesterol in Foods | 221 |
46 | Meats | 223 |
47 | Mother's Milk and Dairy Products | 227 |
48 | Poultry | 231 |
49 | Eggs | 232 |
50 | Oils in Seeds | 235 |
51 | Butter Verus Margarine | 242 |
52 | Tropical Fats | 246 |
53 | Hidden Junk Fats and Fat Substitutes | 249 |
Section 6 | New Research - New Fats Fat Finding Missions, Breakthroughs, Applications | 251 |
54 | Virgin Olive Oils - Unrefined Versus Refined | 253 |
55 | Oils from Fish and Seafoods: EPA and DHA | 258 |
56 | Snake Oil (EPA) and Patent Medicines | 265 |
57 | Evening Primrose, Borage, and Black Currant Oils: GLA | 269 |
58 | Prostaglandins (PGs) | 275 |
59 | Flax: LNA | 279 |
60 | Hemp: LA, LNA, and GLA | 287 |
61 | Exotic Oils | 292 |
62 | Oil and Protein Work Together | 294 |
63 | Budwig, Flax Oil, and Protein | 298 |
64 | Flax and Oil Blend Recipes | 303 |
65 | Medium-Chain Triglycerides (MCTs) | 308 |
66 | Alkylglycerols | 309 |
67 | Oils and Sunshine - Light and Health | 310 |
68 | Balanced Nutrition and Life-Style | 315 |
Section 7 | Fats and Fates - Fats and Degenerative Diseases | 323 |
69 | Changes in Fat Consumption and Degenerative Disease | 325 |
70 | Degenerative Diseases | 327 |
71 | Is the Cholesterol Theory Wrong? | 331 |
72 | Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) | 338 |
73 | Diabetes | 341 |
74 | Overweight and Constipation | 343 |
75 | Skin Conditions, Tanning Lotions, and Ozone | 346 |
76 | Female Conditions | 350 |
77 | Allergies, Arthritis, and Asthma | 351 |
78 | Addictions, Mental Illness, and Violence | 356 |
79 | 'Bugs': Candida Yeast, Fungi, Bacteria, and Chronic Fatigue | 358 |
80 | Cancer | 362 |
81 | AIDS | 369 |
82 | Auto-Immune Conditions | 372 |
83 | Other Degenerative Conditions | 375 |
84 | Aging and Longevity | 377 |
85 | Infants and Oils | 380 |
86 | Athletes and Oils | 384 |
87 | Pets and Oils | 388 |
88 | The Business and Politics of Health | 389 |
Section 8 | Toward Total Health - Live Long and Feel Fat-astic | 397 |
89 | Recommendations for Health | 399 |
90 | The Biological Basis of Natural Therapies | 407 |
91 | Health as Wholeness | 416 |
| Abbreviations | 425 |
| Glossary | 427 |
| Bibliography | 436 |
| Index | 444 |
| About the Author | 455 |
| Services Provided | 456 |