Fats are good for you and other secrets : how saturated fat and cholesterol actually benefit the body
Title:
Fats are good for you and other secrets : how saturated fat and cholesterol actually benefit the body
Author:
Kabara, Jon J., 1926-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Berkeley, Calif. : North Atlantic Books, [2008]
©2008
Physical Description:
xxii, 242 pages : illustrations ; cm.24 cm
Summary:
"Presents information regarding the various roles played by fats and cholesterol in the body"--Provided by publisher.
Language:
English
Contents:
1. Historical notes on natural medicines -- 2. Metabolism of fats -- 3. Lipids as antimicrobial agents -- 4. Antimicrobial activity and resistant organisms -- 5. Mother's milk : the first nutriceutical -- 6. Dietary lipids in oral health -- 7. Dietary fat and the immune system -- 8. The role of fats in cancer -- 9. Atherosclerosis and infection -- 10. Benign prostatic hyperplasia -- 11. Nutriceutical treatment for gastric ulcers -- 12. Reflections on fifty years of research on saturated fats and cholesterol -- 13. Testimonials.
ISBN:
9781556436901
Format :
Book
