Superfuel: Ketogenic Keys to Unlock the Secrets of Good Fats, Bad Fats, and Great Health

by James DiNicolantonio, Joseph Mercola

Overview

New York Times best-selling author Dr. Joseph Mercola teams up with cardiovascular expert Dr. James J. DiNicolantonio to cut through the confusion about how dietary fats affect our bodies—and set the record straight on how to eat for optimal health.

New York Times best-selling author Dr. Joseph Mercola teams up with Dr. James J. DiNicolantonio, an internationally known and respected scientist who has spent nearly a decade researching the effects of different fats on the body. This book will set the record straight on which fats support health, which ones don't, and what foods they're found in. (It's the opposite of what most people think!) Topics include:

The optimal ratio of omega-3 to omega-6

Foods that resolve inflammation and increase longevity

Supplemental fats such as fish oil, krill oil, and flax oil—what to take and how to choose

Which oils you should cook with, and why

Why the very foods and oils you've been told are healthy may be keeping you from losing weight

Drawing on Dr. DiNicolantonio's research at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, as well as hundreds of groundbreaking studies, Good Fats, Bad Fats will give you the skinny on dietary fats such as coconut oil, butter, cream, olive oil, fish oil, and vegetable oils, to show you which fats are beneficial for weight loss and which ones actually cause you to gain weight. You'll also learn which foods you should eat for lifelong health and slimness, and how you should cook and consume these foods for optimal health and longevity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401957643
Publisher:	Hay House Inc.
Publication date:	12/31/2019
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	1,047,810
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dr. Joseph Mercola is a passionate advocate of natural medicine, a wellness champion, and a visionary who has implemented much-needed changes to our current health-care system. As a physician for 25 years, he treated thousands of patients at his wellness center outside of Chicago, and in 1997 he created Mercola.com, now the #1 natural health website in the world. A New York Times best-selling author, he has also appeared on national news media such as CNN, Fox News, ABC News, TODAY, CBS's Washington Unplugged, and The Dr. Oz Show.

James J. DiNicolantonio, Pharm.D., is a leading cardiovascular research scientist and doctor of pharmacy at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri, who has spent nearly a decade researching the effects of different fats on the body. A well-respected and internationally known scientist and expert on health and nutrition, he has contributed extensively to health-care policy and medical literature. He is the author of the best-selling book The Salt Fix, which has been featured in print and other media including The Daily Mail, the New York Post, Women's Health Magazine, Spirituality & Health, NPR, ABC, Fox News, and more.

Table of Contents

Preface xi

Introduction: Fat Confusion xiii

Chapter 1 Historical Perspective: Demonizing the Wrong Fat 1

Chapter 2 A Dangerous Transition: The Rise and Fall of Trans Fats 29

Chapter 3 Omega-3 and Omega-6: What's Evolution Got to Do With It? 41

Chapter 4 Healthy Fats, Healthy People: Rein in the Runaway Omega-6 55

Chapter 5 Dietary Fats: What's Good and What's Bad for Heart Health? 71

Chapter 6 Omega-3 versus Omega-6: Fats That Regenerate, Not Degenerate 95

Chapter 7 Fats That Make You Lean, Fats That Make You Fat 127

Chapter 8 Fish Oil and Beyond: Guide to Lesser-Known Oils and Supplements 147

Chapter 9 What to Eat: The Right Foods for the Right Fats 169

Conclusion 187

Endnotes 191

Index 229

Acknowledgments 236

About the Authors 237

Editorial Reviews

Contrary to the goal of pervasive marketing efforts, dietary fat is fundamental for health, disease resistance, longevity, and yes, even weight loss. Dr. Mercola and Dr. DiNicolantonio deftly reveal how the specific fats we choose to eat may well be the most important dietary decision we make in terms of directing our health destiny.”
— David Perlmutter, M.D., #1 New York Times best-selling author of Grain Brain and The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan

“If you want to know the real ‘fat facts,’ please read Superfuel by Drs. Mercola and DiNicolantonio! They make a compelling and readable guide to navigate through the often confusing dietary advice regarding the types of fat to include in your diet as well as the ones to avoid like the plague. And spoiler alert: long-chain omega-3 fats from fish oil and other sources, and quality olive oils, are something you need more of, not less of, in your diet daily for perfect heart and brain health. Prepare to be amazed at what you don’t know about why we are so sick. Read this book!”
—Steven R. Gundry, M.D., New York Times best-selling author of The Plant Paradox and The Plant Paradox Cookbook; Medical Director, International Heart and Lung Institute, Palm Springs and Santa Barbara, California

“Superfuel is a fascinating discussion about how much of what we’ve learned about dietary fat is completely wrong. This helps upend much of the low-fat dogma that has dominated nutritional thinking for the last 40 years. This book is a must-read if you are interested in improving your health through diet.”
— Jason Fung, M.D., author of The Obesity Code
 
“If you would like to know the truth about which fats support health, which ones don’t, and what foods they’re found in, open this book. It’s packed full of vital information for lifelong health.”
— Dr. Frank Lipman, New York Times best-selling author of How to Be Well

“Dr. DiNicolantonio and Dr. Mercola have an incredible wealth of information and insight to explain everything you need to know about the fats that fuel your body. You’ll learn which foods you should eat, which you should avoid, and how you should cook and consume your food for optimal health . . . physically, mentally and emotionally. Superfuel will help and heal so many people.”
— Drew Manning, New York Times best-selling co-author of Fit2Fat2Fit

“In Superfuel, Drs. DiNicolantonio and Mercola offer a view of dietary fat that’s powerfully perspective-shifting. They have done a deep dive into the best research available and come up with practical, accessible guidance for taking control of your health, starting right now.”
— Dr. Aseem Malhotra, author of The Pioppi Diet

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