Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill: The Complete Guide to Fats, Oils, Cholesterol, and Human HealthBook Publishing Company, 1993 - 456 páginas Udo Erasmus presents research on common and lesser-known oils with therapeutic potential: flax, olive, fish, evening primrose, borage, blackcurrent, and snake oil. He exposes the manufacturing processes that turn these healing fats into killing fats, explaining the effects these damaged fats have on human health. |
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... reactions . 121 33. Oxygen - induced free radical reactions . 121 34. Vitamin E. 122 35. Carotene . 122 36. Epoxide and peroxide of a fatty acid . 148 SECTION FOUR The Fire Inside Each Cell 154 37. Absorption of nutrients from the human ...
... reactions . 121 33. Oxygen - induced free radical reactions . 121 34. Vitamin E. 122 35. Carotene . 122 36. Epoxide and peroxide of a fatty acid . 148 SECTION FOUR The Fire Inside Each Cell 154 37. Absorption of nutrients from the human ...
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... reactions ; and from nor- mal metabolic functions . Malnutrition and internal pollution can be reversed by natural interventions such as nutrient enrichment ( or restriction ) , pollution control , and detoxification . Inherited ...
... reactions ; and from nor- mal metabolic functions . Malnutrition and internal pollution can be reversed by natural interventions such as nutrient enrichment ( or restriction ) , pollution control , and detoxification . Inherited ...
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... reactions take place in a fatty acid , chemists assign numbers to the carbon atoms in fatty acid chains . The num- bering system we use in this book is called the omega ( w ) system , illustrated in H H H I H C OH H Methyl Group ( H3C ...
... reactions take place in a fatty acid , chemists assign numbers to the carbon atoms in fatty acid chains . The num- bering system we use in this book is called the omega ( w ) system , illustrated in H H H I H C OH H Methyl Group ( H3C ...
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... react with water , oxygen , hydroxyl ( -OH ) and sulphydryl ( -SH ) groups , and light . Unsaturated fatty acids are less stable and more active chemically than saturated fatty acids , 1 The other commonly used system , called the delta ...
... react with water , oxygen , hydroxyl ( -OH ) and sulphydryl ( -SH ) groups , and light . Unsaturated fatty acids are less stable and more active chemically than saturated fatty acids , 1 The other commonly used system , called the delta ...
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... react with other chemicals , and carry no electric charges . The acid group of SaFAs reacts readily , either with glycerol to produce fats and membranes , or with strong bases to make soaps . Essentially , SaFAs are sluggish molecules ...
... react with other chemicals , and carry no electric charges . The acid group of SaFAs reacts readily , either with glycerol to produce fats and membranes , or with strong bases to make soaps . Essentially , SaFAs are sluggish molecules ...
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Eggs | 232 |
Oik in Seeds | 235 |
Butter versus Margarine | 242 |
Tropical Fats | 246 |
Hidden Junk Fats and Fat Substitutes | 249 |
New Research New Fats Fat Finding Missions Breakthroughs Applications | 251 |
Virgin Olive Oils Unrefined versus Refined | 253 |
Oils from Fish and Seafoods EPA and DHA | 258 |
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Essential Nutrients | 73 |
Fat Cats in the Fats Lane History Oil Making Toxic Products and Promotion | 83 |
A Brief History of Oil Making | 85 |
The Business of Fats and Oils | 90 |
From Seed to Oil Commercial Oil Making Methods | 93 |
From Oil to Margarine Hydrogenation | 100 |
Margarines Shortenings and Trans Fatty Acids | 106 |
Other Toxic Products | 112 |
Erucic Acid Toxic or Beneficial? | 116 |
Light Free Radicals and Oils | 118 |
Frying and DeepFrying | 125 |
Fractionation and Transesterification | 129 |
Advertising and Jargon | 132 |
Polyunsaturates and Superunsaturates | 136 |
Vitamin E and Polyunsaturates | 139 |
ColdPressed A Meaningless Term | 141 |
Making Oils with Human Health in Mind | 144 |
Packaging and Storing Oils | 146 |
Labeling Oil Products | 148 |
Fats and Figures Fats in the Human Body | 153 |
Body Fat | 155 |
Fat Consumption and Daily Requirement | 160 |
Digestion of Fats Oils and Cholesterol | 163 |
Metabolism of Fats and Oils | 169 |
Vitamin Mineral Cofactors in Fat Cholesterol Metabolism | 172 |
Individuality | 175 |
Orthomolecular Nutrition | 178 |
Stress and the Battery of Life | 185 |
Antioxidants the Fire That is Life | 190 |
Why Calorie Counting Fails What to Do to Lose Weight | 192 |
Blood Cholesterol Plasma Lipoproteins HDL LDL Lpa | 199 |
The Fats of Life Fats in Food Products | 205 |
Diet Controversies | 207 |
Rating Oils in Diets | 210 |
How Fat arc Your Foods? | 213 |
Cholesterol in Foods | 221 |
Meats | 223 |
Mothers Milk and Dairy Products | 227 |
Poultry | 231 |
Snake Oil EPA and Patent Medicines | 265 |
Evening Primrose Borage and Black Currant Oils GLA | 269 |
Prostaglandins PCs | 275 |
Flax LNA | 279 |
Hemp LA LNA GLA | 287 |
Exotic Oils | 292 |
Oil Protein Work Together | 294 |
Budwig Flax Oil Protein | 298 |
Flax and Oil Blend Recipes With Help from Thelma RuckKeene | 303 |
MediumChain Triglycerides MCTs | 308 |
Alkylglycerols | 309 |
Oils and Sunshine Light and Health | 310 |
Balanced Nutrition and LifeStyle | 315 |
Fats and Fates Fats and Degenerative Diseases Plus Kids Athletes Pets and Politics | 323 |
Changes in Fat Consumption and Degenerative Disease | 325 |
Degenerative Diseases | 327 |
Is the Cholesterol Theory Wrong? | 331 |
Cardiovascular Disease CVD | 338 |
Diabetes | 341 |
Overweight and Constipation | 343 |
Skin Conditions Tanning Lotions and Ozone | 346 |
Female Conditions | 350 |
Allergies Arthritis Asthma | 351 |
Addictions Mental Illness and Violence | 356 |
Bugs Candida Yeast Fungi Bacteria and Chronic Fatigue | 358 |
Cancer | 362 |
AIDS | 369 |
AutoImmune Conditions | 372 |
Other Degenerative Conditions | 375 |
Aging and Longevity | 377 |
Infants and Oils | 380 |
Athletes and Oils | 384 |
Pets and Oils | 388 |
The Business and Politics of Health | 389 |
Toward Total Health Live Long and Feel Fatastic | 397 |
Recommendations for Health | 399 |
The Biological Basis | 407 |
Health as Wholeness | 416 |
Abbreviations | 425 |
Glossary | 427 |
Bibliography | 436 |
Index | 444 |
About the Author | 455 |
Services Provided | 456 |
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allergies alpha-linolenic acid amino acids animals antioxidants arteries atoms blood body body's butter calories cancer carbon cardiovascular disease carotene cells chain Chapter chemical cholesterol cholesterol levels consumption damage decrease deficiency degenerative conditions degenerative diseases diabetes diet digestive double bonds drugs EFAs effects eggs energy enzymes EPA and DHA erucic acid essential fatty acids essential nutrients fats and oils fatty acids EFAs fatty degeneration fiber fish flax oil foods free radicals fresh frying functions genetic glucose grams healing highly unsaturated human health hydrogenated immune increase intake intestinal lecithin less linoleic acid liver margarine meat membranes metabolic rate milk molecules monounsaturated natural nutrition oil contains olive oil optimum organs oxidation oxygen prevent prostaglandins protein PUFAs reactions refined result SaFAs saturated fatty acids seed oil skin substances sugars tion tissues toxic trans triglycerides tropical unrefined oils vegetables vitamin E w3 fatty acids