Don't Eat The Oil: The Health Consequences of "Vegetable Oils"

by Thomas L. Copmann

Polyunsaturated fats are highly unstable and are readily oxidized to form toxic compounds that are implicated in most of our modern diseases. Vegetable" oils were introduced in 1910. Since then heart disease has increased 5,820%. And with the increase in consumption of vegetable oils, lung cancer deaths have increased dramatically as well. This is due to the highly reactive nature of polyunsaturated fats. The risk of prostate cancer increases 35% following just one portion of fried food per week! Eating a single meal containing vegetable oils induces an inflammatory response resulting in injury to the arterial wall, which is the precursor to cardiovascular disease. Yet these oils, are ubiquitous, and touted as beneficial to your health. This manuscript is a result of two years of exhaustive research, based entirely on peer reviewed literature. The book is unique in that there is no other of its kind in print. It links many of the so-called "western" diseases to the oxidation products found in vegetable oils. Chapters include: The Elegant Complexity of Fats, History of Seed Oils, Lipid Peroxidation, Arteriosclerosis and Cardiovascular Disease, Polyunsaturated Fats and Cancer, Immune Suppression and Inflammation, Obesity and Diabetes, Diet Modification, Dysbiosis, Neurological Implications, lipofuscin and aging.

262 pages, Paperback

Published January 9, 2017

About the author

I have authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles. I hold an MS in Endocrinology, a PhD in Physiology and Post-Doctoral training in Neuroendocrinology. I currently consult the pharmaceutical industry where I spent over 25 years developing new drugs. I have been active on Editorial Boards, Scientific Advisory boards and as a member of Boards of Directors for several companies. I am the former Chair of the Commission on Drugs for Rare Diseases, as well as a former Advisor to the National Vaccine Advisory Board. I have been a guest on Larry King Live as well as numerous radio programs and interviews with the print media. I also served as a scientific advisor to the White House.

Reviews

[Andreas Michaelides]

Don’t Eat the Oil: The Health Consequences of “Vegetable Oils” by Thomas Copmann is not an easy book to read.

It has a lot of medical, laboratory and scientific terminology that you need to have a level of scientific knowledge to be able to comprehend the information given completely.

That doesn’t mean that it’s impossible to read. If you stick with it, you can learn vital information as vegetable oils is a concern. You will find out which vegetable oils according to always with the author are healthy and not healthy for you.

The author supports his arguments based on researchers and lots of scientific data. It advocates that in contrary to general belief that polyunsaturated fats are not healthy for the human body and through his search and arguments connects them with some chronic illnesses like cardiovascular diseases and lung cancer.

It is a book that should be studied by anyone that already has a certain level of nutrition education either official (doctors etc. generally ) or other people who are more informed about health issues than the general populace

It is a helpful and useful book that will reveal a lot of issues that will riddle your mind for a long time.

If you really want to have a different view into vegetable oils then this is the book for you. I agree with the author that oils, in general, are not good for you, even olive oil.

I am a firm supporter of eating whole plant based food. Eat olives, not olive oil, eat sunflower seeds, not sunflower oil and so on.

A beautiful chapter in the book is also devoted in seeds oil. It covers the way the oil it’s produced and also history events which I really enjoyed.

Highly Recommended.