Susan Allport has written an extremely important book that all should read and take to heart. And that's precisely what I mean - take to protect their heart. Cardiovascular disease is a major killer in North America. This book may well save millions of lives.
It matters not only how much fat you eat but, more importantly, which fats you eat. If you think that a diet that switches to vegetable oils and eating more seed and grain products, while shunning animal fats to avoid cholesterol and saturated fats is a great idea to protect your heart, well, think again.
The Greenland Inuit consumption of fatty fish, seal meat and blubber resulted in far lower death rates from cardiovascular disease than was seen in North America and Western Europe. That was back in 1972. Scientists collected blood samples from the Greenland Inuit and found some very surprising results, showing very healthy lipoprotein balances. Nowadays, these same Inuit have had increased access to the foods we eat and deaths from cardiovascular disease among them is on the rise.
There are many other examples in the book what scientists have been finding out about why your balance of omega-3 to omega-6 is so important to your health.
Here is a surprise to me! It turns out that plants store mainly omega-6 fatty acids in their seeds and use mainly omega-3 fatty acids for photosynthesis in their stalks and leaves. It's not that omega-6 fatty acids are bad and omega-3 are good. It's a wrong balance between the two in our diet that is bad. Seeds, grains, nuts, vegetable oils and beans may be mainly omega-6, although there are some important exceptions.
The claims in this book are well-supported by the findings of outstanding researchers from around the world. The book is well-documented with references to the compelling groundbreaking findings. The book is a fascinating read as it goes through the history of these findings, bringing out the thinking and research at a personal level. It reads like a fascinating story, but grounded in fact, not fiction.
Like many major breakthroughs, it is hard to lift out the implications of such breakthroughs and clearly present them in the public domain. This is partly because of the difficulty for the public to understand the science, and partly because of the entrenched beliefs defended by those who for various reasons want to maintain the status quo (government, food industry, even some influential scientists who choose to defend their outdated thinking).
Biochemistry is a very complicated subject and research in the field is always ongoing. Susan Allport has focused on an important part of the biochemical findings that will soon change how we understand the fatty acids in relation to human health. How it relates to the health of everyone of us.
As useful companion book to Susan Allport's excellent book, I purchased "Know Your Fats: The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils and Cholesterol" by Mary G. Enig, Ph.D.
I suggest people read Susan Allport's book first to get the important message of the book and change your eating habits for the better. Use Dr. Enig's book as a helpful handy reference where needed, then read Dr. Enig's book. Dr. Enig has some useful tables in the appendices and she also answers questions about fats and oils on her website.
Queen of Fats: Why Omega-3s Were Removed from the Western Diet and What We Can Do to Replace Them
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