Table of contents from "EFAs in
Health and Disease":
Reviews of
biochemical tests, fatty acid testing, blood test results, and patient
treatments which are not available in other publications. Blood tests to
diagnose and monitor heart function.
A new
approach to nutrition and fat, which differs from current recommendations by
the Am Heart Assoc, USDA, NIH, and best selling books.
Which
specific EFs to take, when, and why. Which w3s can lower high triglycerides,
improve poor circulation, prevent or treat cancer, and accelerate cell
regeneration in bowel disease and tissue injuries.
Infant and
maternal nutrition.
New
nutritional and pharmacological therapy recommendations for lipid disorders, women's
health, hypertension, neurological and muscular disorders (Alzheimer's,
depression, Parkinson's, etc.), healthy pregnancy.
How eating
large amounts of olive oil can impair brain and neurological function.
Which fatty
acids interfere with the ability of cancer cells to reproduce, and which ones
make the cells unstable and more susceptible to destruction by chemotherapy or
radiation.
Warning signs
that you may be headed for heart trouble, in time to stop and reverse the
damage already done. Why having "normal" blood cholesterol levels is
not good enough. Ideal levels of cholesterol, HDL, triglycerides. How to reach
those levels and remain there.
How to
strengthen your immune system with foods and essential fats. Understanding the
balance of "eicosanoid" hormones, derived from EFs. Optimizing your
immune function.
The book teaches how to prevent and treat:
Heart
Disease. Evaluate Risk Factors. Steps to take to avoid heart attacks.
Obesity.
Learn how to lose fat while keeping muscle. Get all the nutrients you need to
stay healthy while reducing calories.
Brain
function. What you eat in part determines your IQ. Get the most out of
life, treat depression, improve your intelligence, have smarter kids. Oil
mixtures that improve your neurological status.
Low HDL
and high triglycerides, a major factor in premature deaths. Which fats
increase HDL and lower triglycerides.
Diabetic
neuropathy. Nutritional treatments that prevent the complications of
diabetes and help you avoid eye damage and loss of sensation in your feet.
Neuromuscular
abnormalities. What you can do to improve your muscle strength
Dry skin
and wrinkles. What fats make your skin smooth and soft. How to select
creams that protect and improve your skin.
Poor
circulation. The fats you need to improve blood flow, feel less tired,
breathe better.
Allergies.
What you can do to improve your ability to fight allergies, reduce
hyperactivity of your immune system.
Sexual
function. What you need to increase blood flow to key organs for better
sexual function. How to enhance your performance and produce healthier sperm.
Hypertension.
Save on drugs. Nutrition therapy can work as well or better.
Inflammatory
Bowel Disease. Key nutrients you need. How to decrease inflammation.
Chapter 1.1: DIET AND
NUTRITION
You can prevent heart disease
The basic nutrients
Nutrition vs. diet; Nutritional Status
What constitutes optimal nutrition?
The body as a "machine"
Cells and enzymes; how nutrients are used
What keeps a cell alive; Good health; Disease
How long can you live?
Balance is the key. Nutrients, nutrient needs and interrelations
How to determine what your body needs
Chapter 1.2: FAT:
Saturated, Monounsaturated, Polyunsaturated
Lipids, liquid and hard fat
Saturated fatty acids (SFA)
Saturated (hard) fat hardens the arteries
Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA)
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)
PUFAs soften arteries
Essential (EFAs) vs. non essential fatty acids
Energy vs. Drive
Chapter 1.3: ESSENTIAL
FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL FATS
Essential Fats: The omega-3 and omega-6 families
Precursors and Derivatives
The omega-3 (w3) family
Sources of vegetables and fish; Fish and fish oils
The omega-6 (w6) family
Sources of w6: vegetables, cattle and poultry
The role of fat in good health
People should eat more EFAs
The need for precursors and derivatives
Some people need fish oils
Consequences of w6 deficiency
Consequences of w3 deficiency
Isomers and Trans fatty acids (TFAs)
Hydrogenated, processed fat contains TFAs
Popular misconceptions
Essential Oils vs. Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs)
Differences with other authors
USDA Food Pyramid
Which is better, butter or margarine. Use oils instead
For health professionals
Description and Names; Biochemical characteristics
Functions
Diagnosis of EFA abnormalities aids in the prevention and treatment of illness
Treatment & management of EFA abnormalities
Technical issues on fatty acids
Chapter 1.4:
CARBOHYDRATES AND PROTEIN
Carbohydrates
We need a minimum of 3 ounces per day
Extra carbohydrate is stored as fat; it does not burn fat
Complex carbohydrates contain many nutrients
Proteins
We need to eat 2-4 ounces of protein every day
Chapter 1.5: VITAMINS AND
MINERALS
What are vitamins and minerals?
Most people may be eating the wrong mixtures of vitamins and minerals
Effects of deficiencies
Practical guidelines
Do we need fortified foods?
Most likely deficiencies
Chapter 1.6: FIBER,
WATER, AND OTHER NUTRIENTS
Fiber or roughage
Some fibers prevent constipation; others lower cholesterol
Too much fiber can interfere with mineral absorption
Water
Lecithin and choline; phytochemicals
Chapter 1.7: CHOLESTEROL
Cholesterol; Most people eat too many calories which are converted to hard saturated fat
We need cholesterol. Only in combination with excess saturated fat in the body does it become dangerous.
It is the type of fat and total calories you eat that matters, not just cholesterol or saturated fat
Animal fat is high in cholesterol and low in PUFA
Why lower cholesterol; "Good" vs. "Bad" cholesterol
High cholesterol and high blood pressure are not diseases: They are indicators of health status
Chapter 1.8: NORMAL AND
ABNORMAL CHOLESTEROL LEVELS
"Normal" means "average" in medicine
You want a healthy, not average, cholesterol level
Healthy levels are under 150 mg/dl for all ages
Chapter 1.9: NOTHING BUT
THE BEST
Excess protein or carbohydrate equals excess fat
Regulation and equilibrium
Exceptions: When you are sick
Corrections for a lifetime of poor eating habits
Chapter 2.1: BLOOD TESTS
Why you need to know about tests; the use of tests
No one can have all tests done
Blood tests: general indications
Chapter 2.2: USE OF FAT
BY THE BODY
Lipoproteins are blood vehicles that carry fat
Increased HDL particles suggest low risk
Cardiovascular disease and hardening of the arteries
Chapter 2.3: TESTS FOR
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Cholesterol tests; High cholesterol is a sign, not a disease
Total Cholesterol; HDL Cholesterol; LDL cholesterol.
LDL Cholesterol; Total Cholesterol divided by HDL cholesterol
The risk of Coronary Artery Disease vs. Total Cholesterol/HDL
Triglycerides
Coagulation tests (tests for clots)
A long bleeding time may help people with hardening of the arteries.
A very long bleeding time can give you anemia
Platelet aggregation
Apoproteins
The fatty acid profile EFA-SRä
Assessing the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD)
Chapter 3.1: CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE
Aspects of cardiovascular disease
Atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis and thrombosis
Heart attack or myocardial infarction
Hypertension; Stroke; Diabetes; Combined Effects
Warning signs of heart disease or stroke
Chapter 3.2: PEOPLE WITH CORONARY
ARTERY DISEASE
Case histories
Factors that increase and decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease
Doctors who used essential fats to treat heart disease and high cholesterol
Sudden death is often predictable and preventable
Heart disease is a silent killer
Physicians and dentists have heart disease and high cholesterol
You are never too old or too sick to improve your health
A man with prostate cancer and heart disease
A diabetic patient with high cholesterol
Chapter 3.3: RISK FACTORS
FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Risk Factors; Smoking; High blood pressure (Hypertension)
Elevated cholesterol/ HDL cholesterol
High glucose levels and Diabetes; Overweight
Stress; Alcohol; Genetics (family factors)
Chapter 3.4: BASIC
PREVENTION PROGRAM
How you can improve your health; treatment is simple
Do not smoke; achieve ideal (not normal) weight
A big body burdens your heart
Exercise maintains your muscle tone and weight
Change your fat
Chapter 3.5: CURRENT
AMERICAN DIET
What is wrong with our usual diet?
Where do you stand?
Natural complex carbohydrates contain EFAs
What you can do: hints to eat better
Easily lose 25 pounds and 50 units of cholesterol
Chapter 3.6: MODERN
PREVENTION DIET
The basic food groups
Vegetables, Grains, Fruits, Seeds, Nuts
Fish, Poultry, Pork, Cattle, Dairy
Plan your meals using foods, not nutrients
Excess calories are converted to saturated fat
Eat more Essential Fats
Precursor (parent) or EFAs; Derivatives (daughter) of EFAs
How essential fats have evolved
Prevention vs. Treatment
Chapter 3.7: WEIGHT LOSS
What is overweight? How to make a diet work
Steps to follow. Other hints to change your eating habits
The secret to weight loss: scientific basis
Lose fat, not water or protein
Losing weight means eating better foods
Typical plan (weight loss)
Foods to eat: low calorie, high volume, high fiber
The Boston Egg White Diet: A diet for weight loss
Example of a typical day
Are low fat diets dangerous for you?
Do you have enough EFAs in your body?
Are you eating foods without EFAs?
The future of overweight and obesity
Is there hope in the new fats and fat substitutes?
Eating more carbohydrates does not help you burn more fat
EFAs do not make you burn more fat but can make you less hungry
Chapter 4.1: FATS THAT
LOWER CHOLESTEROL AND PREVENT HEART DISEASE
Treatment Objectives
Make your blood less likely to form clots
Reducing your blood fat
Softening your vessels and normalizing blood pressure
Normalizing blood sugar (glucose)
Creating healthy blood cells
Improving organ function
Symptoms vs. Disease; Drugs vs. Nutrition
Case studies: The care of two patients with signs of heart disease
Chapter 4.2: OILS AND
FATS
Essential fat content of common fats and oils
How to use oils; Fatty acid composition of common foods
Oil Effects: what EFAs do
Chapter 4.3: FISH OILS
Fish versus Fish Oils; Desirable effects
Why fish oils instead of fish; Types of fish oils; Purchasing fish oil
Chapter 4.4: PUTTING IT
ALL TOGETHER
When to use fish and vegetable oils
General rules about fatty acid treatment
How much oil should you take? What type of diet should you follow?
w3 vs. w6: General guidelines
General steps to correct EFA abnormalities
Most people also need more w6 fatty acids
Other conditions that respond to fatty acid mixtures
General comments about oil use
Case study: A 71 year old with heart disease
How to lower trans fatty acid (TFAs) levels
Chapter 4.5: DIETS FOR
SPECIFIC DISEASES
Severe Heart disease; bypass surgery
Clot obstruction is the final event
How to achieve proper clot formation
Fish oils rapidly decrease clot formation
Less oil with bleeding, more with narrow vessels
Poor circulation
Case Study: Coronary Artery Disease with hyperlipidemia and high trans plasma levels
What causes hypertension? About blood pressure
Stroke
Hyperlipidemia and dyslipidemia; treatment
Diabetes Mellitus; kidney Disease; arthritis
Allergies and Asthma; Dry and itchy skin
Cholesterol and fat in cancer
Neurological disorders
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis)
Diarrhea; inflammation; obstruction; malabsorption
Malnutrition; Treatment of Crohn's disease
Short bowel syndrome; Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Case study: Cystic Fibrosis and Crohn's disease with EFA Deficiency
Infection; AIDS
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) and related disorders
Sickle cell disease
Chapter 4.6: THE EFFFECTS
OF AGE, GENES, AND TEMPERATURE
Children; Infants and very young children
Late adolescents and adults; Middle age; Elderly
If you eat few calories per day (under 1,500), you may need vitamin and mineral supplements
Your ancestry or genes. Your environment: cold or warm climate
Chapter 4.7: OTHER
POPULATION GROUPS
Men and women
Premenstrual syndrome
Pregnant women
Active vs. passive physical activity
Anemia, bleeding, burns, disease
Chapter 5.1: HOW TO EVALUATE
A DIET
Which diets to select and why
A problem with most diets
Most common diets produce only mild improvements
The American Heart Association diet (AHA)
The US Department of Agriculture recommendations for a "healthy diet"
Vegetarian Diets; Macrobiotic Diets
The Living Foods Diet
Chapter 5.2: MORE DIETS
Weight Watchers (WW)
The New American Diet
The Scarsdale Diet
The Pritikin Program of Diet and Exercise
The Setpoint Diet
Chapter 5.3: THE EFA DIET
IN THIS BOOK
The approach of this book
The role of the essential fats and natural, raw foods
Prevention vs. Treatment
Chapter 5.4: SHOPPING FOR
THE RIGHT FOODS; RECIPES
Where to buy
Fatty acid related products
Fat replacements
How to prepare meals using oils
You can make your own mayonnaise
Recipes for chocolate lovers
Where there is a will, there is a way
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