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Know Your Fats : The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils and Cholesterol Paperback – May 14, 2000

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Dr. Mary G. Enig, a nutritionist/biochemist of international renown for her research on the nutritional aspects of fats and oils, is a consultant, clinician, and the Director of the Nutritional Sciences Division of Enig Associates, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Enig, a consultant on nutrition to individuals, industry, and state and federal governments, is a licensed practitioner in Maryland and the District of Columbia. She has served as a Contributing Editor of the scientific journal Clinical Nutrition and a Consulting Editor of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. Dr. Enig has authored numerous journal publications, mainly on fats and oils research and nutrient/drug interactions, and is a well-known invited lecturer at scientific meetings and a popular interviewee on TV and radio shows about nutrition. She was an early and articulate critic of the use of trans fatty acids and advocated their inclusion in nutritional labeling; the scientific mainstream is now challenging the food product industry's use of trans-containing partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. She received her Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is a Fellow of The American College of Nutrition, a member of The American Society for Nutritional Sciences, and President of the Maryland Nutritionists Association.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bethesda Pr; Later Printing Used edition (May 14, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 358 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0967812607
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0967812601
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds

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M. Costas

Eye eye opening book on the dangers of our modern diet.

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2016

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I found this to be a thorough source of information. The technical parts add credibility. The only improvement would be a summary at the end of a couple of the chapters.

I became interested in fatty acids a long time ago but only recently experienced the applied knowledge when I added healthy fats and avoided toxic trans fats. It was to improve my lipid profile, but did wonders for my inflamed hands and other ortho problems.

I haven't taken nsaids in months. I quit going to my pain management physician. I can walk for a few miles now, comfortably.

The change has been dramatic and this book explains why. I found the chapter about the history of diet recommendations to be eye opening and disturbing. This was know for decades but was swept aside due to pressure from various food industries.

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Steve

Good book, so is Udo Erasmus' book on the topic

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2016

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It depends on what you are looking for as to how much you like this book. Dr. Enig is certainly an authority on fats. She gives a lot of explanation regarding the chemical make up of all the various fats in the main fat families - saturated, mono, and poly. If you want to understand the various types of fats and get in-depth understanding of how the food industry promotes mis-information on fats, there is a lot of very good material. There are a number of charts to help you understand food sources of fats.

If your goal is more in-depth study of the effect of various fats on nutrition and health and how they work in the body, then I think there is more to learn in Udo Erasmus' book "Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill". Unfortunately, this book has some outdated info as it was published in 1993, but is still available on Amazon.

Personally I'm glad I have both books. They are a wealth of information on a topic that is critical to good health.

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excellent educational primer

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2019

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You can expect exactly what it says in the title a "complete primer fr understanding the nutrition of fats, oils, and cholesterol". You want to know more about fats? you will learn more about fats. It is academic in nature; not at all trendy or persuasive. I love the facts, and this book is just straight up information. A good one for your nutritional library.

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Father Kitchen

At last some solid information on fats

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2019

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Mary Enig was the top authority on nutritional fats, and this book is an encyclopedic reference. Some of the information is a stretch for those like me with only a high-school grasp of chemistry, for she describes fats in terms of their chemical make up. But after a bit of reading it isn't hard to understand what it is about. Though probably too technical for most readers, it is an essential reference. Others may find more than enough information on lists of healthy fats that can be found on the internet.

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Dottie Natal

Dated, but still a great reference book

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2012

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Though it is a "primer" and written for a general audience, it was still a slog to get through the first few chapters and really absorb the contents. I am an avid reader of science books, so if it is designed for the general public it shouldn't have been quite so difficult to understand. All in all, though, it really is a good primer and once you struggle through the basics--the difference between "cis" and "trans" bonds (and how "trans" bonds lie flat and pack tighter), classes of fatty acids (saturates, mono-unsaturates, poly-unsaturates and artificial trans-fatty acids), and fatty acid families (omega-3, omega-6, omega-7, omega-9, etc.) you really do have a good basic understanding to help you know what all of this is about. Fortunately for me, the problems with trans-fats were known in research literature way back in the 70's, and I was able to raise my own girls (now in their 30's) with no trans-fats at all in their diets (and of course, other than what I myself had as a child, I have lived without trans-fats in my diet all my life.) But some of what you will learn from this book, including how research has been incorrectly reported (and why), how beneficial having a variety of fats in your diet really is, and why "low fat" has been a bad diet choice and animal fats a good choice, may really surprise you--I know it surprised me, and I'm pretty well read on the topic.

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R. Thomas

Not an easy read, but worth it

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2014

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I have some organic chem background, but the first few chapters are rough. She's a researcher not an English major, but read this for the valuable information. I came away astounded at how utterly complex and diverse fats are, how essential and irreplaceable they are for you and how we are unfortunately surrounded and bombarded with trans fats. Please read and buy a copy for a friend.

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Jason Boehm

A necessary, if a little dry, primer about fats

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2007

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Mary Enig is perhaps the world's foremost expert on fats, and Know Your Fats sets straight many of the misconceptions and mistakes commonly presented about the fat we eat. Here is the "go to" book for everything fat related.

No other component of our diet is so misunderstood. We buy awful-tasting low-fat and fat-free products under the guise that less fat in our diets means a slimmer, healthier body. Big Pharmaceutical companies churn out cholesterol-lowering and fat-blocking drugs that interfere with our body's functions. One study showed that a quarter of non-college educated adults believe we should completely eliminate fat from our diets.

That's why we need books like Know Your Fats. Everyone, regardless of their interest in nutrition or biochemistry, needs a solid understanding about lipids.

This isn't beach reading. You won't carry Know Your Fats on your next Hawaiian cruise. It's serious, technical stuff, even if Enig explains things lucidly and concisely. I don't know if a book about lipids can be "fun," and Enig doesn't try (save for one particular amusing bit about CLA). Hard but definitely accessible material.

Had Enig paired with a good editor - and for sure, the book could use some editing - Know Your Fats could have been more lively and possibly reach a broader audience.

As it stands, I imagine the only people purchasing will be nutrition and biochemistry students and scholars. But with the ubiquitous misinformation about lipids, everyone could use a good primer on the subject, and this is one of the best.

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Great reference

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2014

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This book is very thorough and provides a level of detail of the fatty acids that most other books do not. It's dated now and lacks recent research but it's a great foundation. I find the Q&A sections an odd format but some of them are helpful

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Bookologist

An Excellent Reference on a Very Complicated Subject

Reviewed in Canada on March 21, 2013

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Dr. Enig's book is an excellent example of a scientist tackling a very difficult topic in a way that it reaches the general readership. The biochemistry of fats is a real mind-bender. From her long research experience and many publications and communications, Dr. Enig has cleared away a lot of the cobwebs of misinformation out there on fats. For example, I never would have thought of buying a product containing coconut oil in the past as I was living under the false impression that tree oils such as coconut oil and palm oil are bad for your health. Now I know differently. The same goes for dairy products. I would have thought that reduced fat (such as 1%) milk would be a wise choice, but that is not really so!

Dr. Enig gives copious information on the fats out there in the market place, both in their natural composition and in the foods we can find them. She exposes the myths promulgated by the processed foods industry and by so-called dietary "experts" that have led to a serious decline in the health of us in North America.

As I have a good knowledge of chemistry, I could easily follow her chemical symbolism and biochemical conversion equations as well as easily understand the abbreviated descriptions of the fatty acids.

For those who are totally lost or confused, some grounding in basic organic chemistry might be in order. I have always thought it wise for people to brush up on their chemistry because a basic understanding of chemistry is essential if people are to understand important issues affecting their lives: nutrition, environmental pollution, just what-the-blazes those compounds on the labels are and what precautions may be necessary for consumption or use. Don't get fooled. Get educated!

For the fatty acids, an additional appendix to her primer might have included some basics on covalent bonding in the first two or three electron shells. Certainly, the first two rows of the periodic table and phosphorus in the third row (phosphate in phospholipids) would suffice. One only needs to use some simple rules of shell-filling to get by. Better yet, buy a text on general chemistry and learn the basics.

Overall, this is a remarkable book. Dr. Enig has helped many people by answering questions from concerned inquirers needing her helpful advice and from people who are contemplating doing further research in the field.

I found her book to be well-organized and well-explained with lots of specific information about fats, fatty acids and related biochemical items in the appendices.

Buy the book and get yourself educated! Then start making smarter decisions about what you eat!

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Monica

Best book on fats I have ever read.

Reviewed in Canada on January 17, 2019

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If you're looking to see the science behind fats then this book is for you.

Käufer

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 30, 2015

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