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Common wisdom, encouraged by pharmaceutical companies with a financial interest in the matter, invariably blames cholesterol and saturated fats for everything from heart disease to stroke. Distilling 50 years of research on the subject, and citing studies largely ignored by the mainstream, Fats Are Good for You and Other Secrets offers a provocative challenge to this idea. Author Jon Kabara begins by revealing the surprisingly varied roles played by fats and cholesterol in the body -- as a source of all sex hormones, vitamin D, and bile acids, and a necessary factor in digestion and the formation of cell membranes. The author describes the powerful antimicrobial and antiviral effects of fats and their positive influence on oral health. He examines the relationship of dietary fat to the immune system and the role it plays in cancer, and continues with a detailed look at how plaque buildup in the arteries (atherosclerosis) begins and how inflammation and infection, rather than fat and cholesterol, cause its development. Kabara's sensible, science-based advocacy for understanding the health benefits of moderate cholesterol and "medium-chain" fats, and the true causes of diseases linked to them, makes this book both important and timely.

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Title Fats Are Good for You: How Saturated Fat and Cholesterol Actually Benefit the Body
Author Jon J. Kabara
Binding Paperback
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 242
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA
Date 2008-01-29
ISBN 9781556436901 / 1556436904
Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
Dimensions 8.96 x 6.06 x 0.74 in (22.76 x 15.39 x 1.88 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Cholesterol, Saturated fatty acids in human nutrition
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007042453
Dewey Decimal Code 612.015

Media reviews

“Dr. Jon Kabara knows and tells the truth in this book about the biomechanics of life. It’s well worth a read and a re-read.”
—John E. Upledger, DO, OMM, and founder of the Upledger Institute, Inc.

Dr. Kabara’s book is easy to read and provides thought-provoking information of interest for both medical professionals and consumers who want to learn more about the role of dietary fat in maintaining/improving their health.”
—Donald Orth, PhD, Adjunct Professor at the University of Cincinnati

“This is a must-read book if you are in research, in clinical medicine, or if you simply want to have a more solid grasp about fats, as a basis for making the right choices on what best to eat."
—Vermén M. Verallo-Rowell, MD, Chairman and Program Director, VMV Skin Research Centre + Clinics

"Fats are Good for You and Other Secrets: How Saturated Fat and Cholestorol Actually Benefit the Body by Jon J. Kabara argues that these substances are essential to optimal body functioning."
—Publishers Weekly

About the author

Jon J. Kabara is an emeritus professor at Michigan State University (MSU), where he helped establish the College of Osteopathic Medicine. A consultant to industry and government, he has been granted more than 16 U.S. and foreign patents. He lives in Lakewood Ranch, FL.