The Facts about Fats: A Consumer's Guide to Good Oils

by John Finnegan

Everybody’s got an opinion about fats, and the recommendations change daily. Is it margarine or butter, olive oil or canola? Before you break out the lard in frustration, read THE FACTS ABOUT FATS.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890876800
• ISBN13: 9780890876800
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Celestial Arts
• Length: 131 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The most readable and practical book on the subject.

There have been two books that have changed the way I thought about food health in general. This is one of them.We normally don't think of oils and fats as refined foods but they're just as guilty of the fact as wonder bread and white sugar.This book shows you just how oils are made and gives a brief history of them before telling you what's good and what's bad. It's sensible and logical, and free of buzzwords that frequent books on health.There are helpful diagrams and charts, of course. There's also a buyer's guide, not to mention a biblography which is a great springboard if you want to read more. This book was particularly a great foundation for the more technical Udo Erasmus book, which I read soon after.The message of this book is that we are nutritionally deficient because our diets are full of refined oils, that lack nutrients. Once we replace those nutrients, by using healthy oils, we regain that health. The issues of weight control are also addressed but are not as important as you might think in a book about fat.This book is ten years old. I only wish that more people had read it, and taken it seriously. For more details, read it yourself. It's a great value and you're going to like reading it more than most books on the subject.

Essential Health Informaion

"The Facts About Fats" is essential reading for anyone interested in nutrition. I recommend it to my patients and to health care professionals.For decades fats have been thought of as nothing more than an unhealthy form of stored energy. But research over the past twenty-five years shows that they are some of the most important, and most commonly deficient nutrients in the human diet.John Finnegan has written the most informative and concise book about the 'good fat' -- 'bad fat' story and it's relation to health and disease that I have found.Thanks John