Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill: The Complete Guide to Fats, Oils, Cholesterol and Human Health
by Udo Erasmus
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Author: Udo ErasmusEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1993-01-01
ISBN: 0920470386
Number of pages: 456
Publisher: Alive Books
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Book Review: Good book, written fairly ...
Summary: 4 Stars
I found this book to be an excellent source of knowledge. The author does something that other 'experts' in the field have a harder time doing ... he actually brings information that everyone can use. I'm a vegan, but I see no point in demonizing animal fats just because I reject them for myself. Erasmus seems to understand this subtle difference. He gives an honest evaluation of butter and margarine and animal fats, and even if they are not completely healthy, he presents useful information for people who do chose to consume these foods.
I've listened to 'authoritative' sources on the value of freshly pressed young coconut oil, freshly pressed hemp oil, freshly pressed flax oil, etc.. And in each case the author inevitably ended up trying to sell his or her product to me. How can I trust that?
Erasmus even mentions some of this, which is perhaps why he doesn't push his own brand of oils. He says that advertising tends to cloud the understanding of consumers.
In fact, in his book he even mentions that the ideal way of getting LNA and LA essential oils is by simply eating the seeds of select foods, because he points out that Nature's method of containing the oil in the seed is the only way to be sure that the oil is not modified by light or oxygen.
So when I hear a nutritional expert's sales pitch of his own brand of young coconut oil, I wonder why that expert doesn't tell us how to get these nutritional benefits in foods that are more accessible than coconuts, or at least tell us how we can press our our coconut oil fresh. Why? Erasmus explains why ...
"In this frenzy for sales, consumers are 'educated', choices are affected, habits are changed ..."
And while Erasmus wrote these words before 1986 about the big-business of oil production, it also increasingly holds true about alternative, 'health-concious' oil marketers. They simply want us to buy their products.
In this age of fairly inexpensive seed grinders and oil presses, it's nice to read the work of someone who encourages the reader to bypass the industry and simply d.i.y. it.
In the end though, I would like for him to include more information about oils from a wider variety of sources, like canteloupe seeds, pine seeds, watermelon seeds, etc., but armed with the basic chemical knowledge from Erasmus, this knowledge can be found from other sources, and understood more completely after reading this book.
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