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Toxic Fat: When Good Fat Turns Bad
by
Barry Sears
"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 th
...moreHardcover, 355 pages
Published
September 30th 2008
by Thomas Nelson Publishers
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Great book - a bit hard to follow at times, but I'm not a science geek (and sometimes scientific concepts take a while for be to grasp), so take into consideration in my review. I think Dr. Sears has done a tremendous amount of research on this subject and really knows his stuff. I've read books about the changes in our food system in the past 25 years and it's astonishing - this book ties those changes in the food system to the rising rates of obesity and diabetes we are experiencing. I think D...more
Author Barry Sears, Ph.D. is a cancer researcher and molecular biologist. His book explains in detail, at the cellular and molecular level, what is causing the epidemic in obesity in the U.S. and globally. The appendices were difficult--heavy on the science--but worth the effort to read carefully. Not exactly a fun read but very informative. It seems that there isn't as much communication between the cellular and molecular biologist researchers and practicing physicians as desirable.
If my dad reads a health book that changes his life he buys it for everyone he knows. This is one of those. I must have liked it because I've put myself on an anti-inflammatory diet.
A bit too complex and hype-filled for me....made some claims I'd have to more buy-into to really get on board.
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