by Edward Siguel, MD, PhD
Each chapter starts with a comprehensive summary and contains its own set of endnotes. The chapters start with simple concepts, and may contain more advanced concepts for professionals. There is a comprehensive set of "appendices" which contain a wide range of material, including slides for use by nutritionists. This material is also linked to the appropriate chapter. Case histories illustrate the diagnosis and treatment of patients with various health problems.
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Your body is made from the foods you eat.
The basic nutrients
Calories
Excess protein or carbohydrate equals excess fat
RDA = Recommended Daily Allowance
Regulation and equilibrium
Nutrition vs. diet vs. food
Nutritional Status
What constitutes optimal nutrition?
How to determine what your body needs
The body as a "machine"
Cells and enzymes
How nutrients are used
What keeps a cell alive
Good health
Disease
A balanced diet: The key to a healthy body
Nutrients, nutrient needs and interrelations
Exceptions: When you are sick
You can prevent most chronic health conditions
Prevalence of chronic conditions
How long can you live?
Lipids, liquid and hard fat
Saturated fatty acids (SFA)
Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA)
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)
Essential (EFAs) vs. non essential fatty acids
Isomers and trans fatty acids(TFAs)
Popular misconceptions
Body Fat
Other types of fats and lipids
Families of fats
Essential Fats: The omega-3 and omega-6 families
Precursors and Derivatives
The omega-(3) family: Sources = vegetables, fish, and oils, eggs
The omega-(6) family: Sources = vegetables, cattle, poultry, eggs
People should eat more essential fats
The need for precursors and derivatives
Some people need fish oils
Diagnosis of EFA abnormalities aids in the prevention and treatment of illness
Diagnosis of abnormalities. Diagrams indicating body organs affects by 3, 6.
Consequences of 6 deficiency
Consequences of 3 deficiency
Treatment & management of EFA abnormalities
Isomers and trans fatty acids(TFAs)
Popular misconceptions
Do not confuse EFAs with Essential Oils
Differences with other authors
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
Miscellaneous issues in 3 and 6
We need a minimum of 3 ounces per day
Natural complex carbohydrates contain many nutrients
Processed vs. unprocessed carbohydrates
Extra carbohydrates are stored as fat; they do not burn fat
Why current recommendations are misguided
For health professionals
What the body does with protein
Proteins contain amino acids
The best types of protein: Getting your money's worth
How much do you really need?
People on low calorie diets may not get enough protein
Recent research to increase requirements for protein.
Extra proteins are stored as fat; they do not burn fat
For health professionals
What are vitamins and minerals
USDA recommendations.
Most people may be eating the wrong mixtures of vitamins and minerals
Most likely deficiencies, effects
Practical guidelines
Vitamins structure, function: Vitamin A, Vitamin B, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Aluminum (Al), Calcium (Ca), Copper (Cu), Chromium (Cr), Iron (Fe), Fluorine (Fl), Iodine (I), Potassium (K), Manganese (Mn), Magnesium (Mg), Sodium (Na), Phosphorus (P), Selenium (Se), Zinc (Zn).
Toxic minerals. Al, Boron, Lead.
Whole Foods
Fiber or roughage
Fiber gives a feeling of "fullness"
Some fibers prevent constipation; others lower cholesterol
Too much fiber can interfere with mineral absorption
Water
We are mostly made of water
Other nutrients
Lecithin and choline
Phytochemicals
Carnitine
Salt
Caffeine
We need cholesterol; only in combination with excess saturated fat in the body does it become dangerous.
Most people eat too many calories, which are converted to hard saturated fat
High cholesterol and high blood pressure are not diseases: They are indicators of health status
It is the type of fat and total calories you eat that matters, not just cholesterol or saturated fat
Some animal fat is high in cholesterol and low in PUFA
Not all animal fat is bad
Why lower cholesterol; "Good" vs. "Bad" cholesterol
Normal And Abnormal Cholesterol Levels
"Normal" means "average" in medicine
You want a healthy, not average, cholesterol level
Which diets to select and why
The problem with most diets
Most common diets produce only mild improvements
Corrections for a lifetime of poor eating habits
A balanced diet: The key to a healthy body
Two critical aspects to consider when planning your diet: total calories and calories from PUFAs
USDA Food Pyramid
Dr. Siguel's Natural Food Pyramid.
Discussion of other food pyramids
Typical diet in America and many parts of the world
What is wrong with our usual diet
Where do you stand?
What you can do
Hints to eat better
Easily lose 25 pounds and 50 units of cholesterol
The basic meal, Guidelines
Plan your meals using foods, not nutrients
The basic food groups
Vegetables
Fruits
Protein: Fish, Poultry, Pork, Cattle
Tofu and soy products; legumes, seeds, nuts
Cereals, grains breads, and pasta
Dairy
Alcohol and trans or processed fats
Prevention vs. Treatment
The approach of this book
The role of the essential fats and natural, raw foods
Eat more essential fats
How essential fats have evolved in treatment
Precursor (parent) or EFAs; Derivatives (daughter) of EFAs
Prevention vs. Treatment
Improve skin texture and look younger
Improve alertness
Reduce decline in brain function often associated with aging
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
Exercise: plan for losing weight, how to incorporate in lifestyle
Are low fat diets dangerous for you?
Do you have enough EFAs in your body?
Are you eating foods without EFAs?
VLCD: Very low calorie diets
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
The American Heart Association diet (AHA)
The Living Foods Diet
The New American Diet
The Pritikin Program of Diet and Exercise
The Scarsdale Diet
The Setpoint Diet
The US Department of Agriculture recommendations for a "healthy diet"
Weight Watchers (WW)
Vegetarian Diets; Macrobiotic Diets Dean Ornish Program
Barry Sears' The Zone Four blood types Diet
Why you need to know about blood tests; The use of tests
No one can have all tests done
Blood tests: general indications
Other Nutritional tests
Lipoproteins are blood vehicles that carry fat
Increased HDL particles suggest low risk of heart disease
Cardiovascular disease and hardening of the arteries
Cholesterol tests; High cholesterol is a sign, not a disease
Total Cholesterol; HDL Cholesterol; LDL cholesterol.
Total Cholesterol divided by HDL cholesterol; the risk of Coronary Artery Disease and
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
Homocysteine, C-reactive protein, other indicators.
The fatty acid profile EFA-SR
Assessing the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD)
PSA testing
Vitamin and mineral testing
Aspects of cardiovascular disease
Atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis and thrombosis
Heart attack or myocardial infarction
Heart disease, MI, Coronary Artery Disease (from other sections)
Hypertension
How to lower blood pressure with mixtures of oils rich in w6 fatty acids;
Stroke
How to prevent the cardiovascular and eye complications of diabetes
Combined Effects
Warning signs of heart disease or stroke
Poor circulation, obstructed arteries
How to open blocked arteries using special oils; how to prevent undesirable clots from obstructing an artery by taking selected oils rich in 3 fatty acids.
Claudication, cold extremities
Severe Heart disease; bypass surgery
Technical notes
Physicians and dentists have heart disease and high cholesterol
Smoking; High blood pressure (Hypertension)
Elevated cholesterol/ HDL cholesterol
High glucose levels and Diabetes; Overweight
Stress; Alcohol; Genetics (family factors)
A man with heart disease
Factors that increased and decreased his risk of cardiovascular disease
Are you addicted to food, or to anything else?
You are never too old or too sick to improve your health
How you can improve your health
A basic prevention program
Exercise maintains your muscle tone and weight
Exercise and nutritional status
Treatment Objectives
Open blocked arteries
Make your blood less likely to form clots
Lower blood pressure
Reduce your blood fat
Soften your vessels and normalize blood pressure
Normalize blood sugar (glucose)
Create healthy blood cells
Improve organ function
Fats that reduce heart hyperactivity, arrhythmia.
Symptoms vs. Disease; Drugs vs. Nutrition
Case studies: The care of two patients with signs of heart disease
How to use oils
Fatty acid composition of common foods
Essential fat content of common fats and oils
General comments about oil use
Oil Effects: what EFAs do
When to use fish and vegetable oils
Fish versus Fish Oils; Desirable effects
Why fish oils instead of fish;
Types of fish oils
Purchasing fish oil
Evening Primrose
Borage. etc.
Case reports from doctors who used EFAs
Basic diet
General rules about fatty acid treatment
How much oil should you take? What type of diet should you follow?
General steps to correct EFA abnormalities
Less oil with bleeding, more with narrow vessels
3 vs. 6: General guidelines
Other conditions that respond to fatty acid mixtures
How to lower trans fatty acid (TFAs) levels
"Putting it all together" Case histories.
Mental Health
Attention Deficit Disorder
Anxiety
Depression
Eating Disorders: Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating
Insomnia
Neurological Disorders
Alzheimer's Disease
Epilepsy, new topic. Fats that reduce brain hyperactivity.
Huntington's Disease
Parkinson's Disease
Schizophrenia
Foods to eat and foods to avoid to reduce the damage caused by chronic neurological disorders
General principles
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) and related disorders
Allergies and Asthma;
Anemia, bleeding,
Arthritis
Burns
Cancer
Chronic disease
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Diabetes
A diabetic patient with high cholesterol
Digestive diseases
Disease (in general, being ill)
Gallstones
Heartburn
Herpes. Drugs reduce virus' ability to reproduce. Optimal nutrition kills the virus.
Immune Disorders
Infection and AIDS
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis): nutrition therapy
Diarrhea; Inflammation; Obstruction; Malabsorption
Malnutrition; Treatment of Crohn's disease
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Kidney Disease
Lactose Intolerance
Muscular and neuromuscular Disorders
Causes of muscle weakness. Use of carnitine, other substances.
Osteoporosis. Calcium needs of men and women.
Short bowel syndrome;
Sickle Cell anemia
Vision, eye and EFs. Glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, vision loss, retinopathy.
Case studies
Cystic Fibrosis and Crohn's disease with EFA Deficiency
Skin Disorders: Acne, Dry and itchy skin, Dandruff
How to improve skin texture and look younger using topical creams and eating a diet that contains the fats that soften the skin;
Prostate cancer. Interpreting PSA tests. Diagnosing cancer, monitoring progress
Foods that reduce cancer cell growth
Nutrients that make cancer cells more susceptible to destruction.
A man with prostate cancer and heart disease.
Fertility and sexual function
Cosmetics
Self Esteem and Body Image
Love and nutrition
Menstruation
Pregnancy and Lactation
Steps to prevent pre-eclampsia and the birth of a child either far below or far above ideal weight
What a mother should eat to ensure that her unborn child will develop a great brain
Newborns, infants and very young children
Breast Cancer
Urinary Tract Infections
Steps every woman should consider to prevent heart disease
Woman with Paget's
Children and young adolescents
Adults
Middle age
The elderly
Your ancestry or genes
Physical Activity = athletes. Special nutritional needs.
Your environment: cold or warm climate
How to live longer
Longevity Plan (The Anti-aging Formula)
General approach. Dramatic discoveries of the biochemical factors in abnormal lipids.
High triglycerides
High Total/HDL cholesterol
My classmate in medical school
Coronary Artery Disease with hyperlipidemia and high trans plasma levels
Genetic dyslipidemias
Revolutionary new diagnostic and treatment approaches.
A heart-disease patient on a low fat diet
Nutrition for Pets
Additives
"Low fat" foods
Fat replacements
How to reduce the fat content of foods. Recipes.
Reading food labels
Where to buy fatty acid related products
How to prepare meals using oils
You can make your own mayonnaise
A) Tables of Fatty Acids
B) Metabolic pathways and trans fatty acids : New enzymes. Eicosanoids, separate diagram for them. Leukotrienes, find more about them.
C) diagrams, BMI
D) NIH Cholesterol recommendations,
E) Siguel's Food Pyramid, USDA Food pyramid.
F) IQ tests on various topics: physical activity, asthma, blood pressure, digestion, food, heart, triglycerides.
G) The EFA-SR blood test: why is it unique? Patents. Sample results. Order forms. Interpretation.
H) Tables with sample patient test results
I) How to talk to your doctor: prototype letters.
J) Siguel's articles in scientific journals. Press releases
K) Nutrition resources
L) Healthy recipes
M) Drug side effects
N) Addictions
O) Directory of Company Pages, describing specific foods and companies.
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modified 9/1/98 |