Toxic Fat: When Good Fat Turns Bad

by Barry Sears

Overview

Toxic Fat: When Good Fat Turns Bad, provides a revolutionary new understanding of our current obesity epidemic by showing that it can be viewed as a form of cancer to be treated using the clinically proven pathway to change the expression of your genes using food as a drug to rid your body of toxic fat.

For many of us, one of the first signs of toxic fat is the accumulation of excess body fat. In fact, obesity can be viewed as a form of "cancer" that is driven by toxic fat. However, only when this toxic fat begins to spread into the bloodstream does it begin to attack your other organs leading to early development of chronic disease. This is why some people can be overweight and be quite healthy, while others can be of normal weight and be quite sick. What ultimately determines your state of wellness is not your weight but the levels of toxic fat in your blood. This book changes forever how we look at the fat on our body and its impact on the future of health care in America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781418572310
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	09/30/2008
Sold by:	HarperCollins Publishing
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Dr. Barry Sears is one of the leading authorities in the world on the impact of diet on hormonal response and the expression of our genes. His first book, The Zone, became a #1 New York Times bestseller. His continuing books on understanding food as a drug have sold more than 5 million copies and have been translated into 22 languages. In Toxic Fat: When Good Fat Turns Bad, Dr. Sears presents a revolutionary new understanding of the current obesity epidemic in terms of cancer rather than a consequence of sloth and gluttony. Dr. Sears continues his groundbreaking medical research as the president of the non-profit Inflammation Research Foundation located in Marblehead, MA.

Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction....................vii
Chapter 1: The Real Epidemic Behind the Obesity Crisis....................1
Chapter 2: The Perfect Nutritional Storm....................5
Chapter 3: How Inflammation Helps Us-and Hurts Us....................12
Chapter 4: Why Getting Fat May Not Be Your Fault....................26
Chapter 5: Good Fat May Be Protective....................49
Chapter 6: Malignant Toxic Fat....................59
Chapter 7: Do You Have Toxic Fat Syndrome?....................72
Chapter 8: The Zone Diet: Your Primary Defense in Fighting Toxic Fat....................85
Chapter 9: Super Fish Oil: Your Final Defense in Fighting Toxic Fat....................102
Chapter 10: Putting It All Together....................121
Chapter 11: Overcoming Obstacles to Your Success....................135
Chapter 12: The Coming Reckoning....................150
Chapter 13: Anti-Inflammatory Meals to Reverse Toxic Fat Syndrome in Less Than 30 Days....................155
A. Continuing Support....................239
B. Blood Testing for Silent Inflammation....................241
C. Hormones: The Keys to Your Biological Internet....................243
D. Eicosanoids: Hormones of Mystery....................254
E. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Fish Oil But Were Afraid to Ask....................269
F. Insulin Resistance: It All Starts in Your Adipose Tissue....................281
G. Nutrigenomics: How Diet Affects the Expression of Your Genes....................291
H. Zone Food Blocks....................298
Glossary....................312
Bibliography....................316