Fats Are Good For You: How Saturated Fat And Cholesterol Actually Benefit The Body

Common wisdom, encouraged by pharmaceutical companies with a financial interest in the matter, invariably blames cholesterol and saturated fats for everything from heart disease to stroke. Distilling 50 years of research on the subject, and citing studies largely ignored by the mainstream, Fats Are Good for You and Other Secrets offers a provocative challenge to this idea. Author Jon Kabara begins by revealing the surprisingly varied roles played by fats and cholesterol in the body — as a source of all sex hormones, vitamin D, and bile acids, and a necessary factor in digestion and the formation of cell membranes. The author describes the powerful antimicrobial and antiviral effects of fats and their positive influence on oral health. He examines the relationship of dietary fat to the immune system and the role it plays in cancer, and continues with a detailed look at how plaque buildup in the arteries (atherosclerosis) begins and how inflammation and infection, rather than fat and cholesterol, cause its development. Kabara’s sensible, science-based advocacy for understanding the health benefits of moderate cholesterol and “medium-chain” fats, and the true causes of diseases linked to them, makes this book both important and timely

About The Author:

Jon J. Kabara is an emeritus professor at Michigan State University (MSU), where he helped establish the College of Osteopathic Medicine. A consultant to industry and government, he has been granted more than 16 U.S. and foreign patents. He lives in Lakewood Ranch, FL.

Table Of Contents:

Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
Introduction to Fats/Oils xv
Historical Notes on Natural Medicines 1
Metabolism of Fats 9
Absorption and Digestion of Fats 9
Metabolic Fate of Triglycerides (TGs) 11
The Effects of Fats on Calcium Absorption 13
Lipids as Antimicrobial Agents 15
Fatty Acids as Antimicrobial Agents 16
Monoglycerides as Antimicrobial Agents 21
Antiviral Effects of Fatty Acids and Monoglycerides 25
Mode of Action of Fatty Acids 29
Mode of Action of Monoglycerides 32
Antimicrobial Activity and Resistant Organisms 35
The Challenge of Antibiotic Resistance 36
Saturated Fatty Acids and Medium-Chain Monoglycerides: An Alternative Antimicrobial Agent 41
Action of Dodecylglycerol 45
Mother's Milk-The First Nutriceutical 49
Early Role of Mother's Milk as a Nutriceutical 50
Antimicrobial Fatty Acids in Mother's Milk 53
Antiviral Effects of Fatty Acids and Monoglycerides 54
Dietary Lipids in Oral Health 57
The Role of Lipids in Oral Biology 58
The Role of Lipids in Fluoride Metabolism 61
The Effect of Fatty Acids on Plaque Formation 62
Oral Hygiene for the New Millennium 63
Dietary Fat and the Immune System 67
Fatty Acids and the Immune Response 69
High-Fat Diets and the Immune Response 70
Essential Fatty Acids and the Immune Response 71
Ratio and Level of Polyunsaturated Fats in Relation to Lymphocyte Function 72
Effect of Lipids on the Immune Response and Inflammation 75
Fat Effects on Autoimmune Disease 79
Lupus Erythematosus 79
Crohn's Disease 80
The Role of Fats in Cancer 83
High-Fat Diets and Cancer 84
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Cancer 85
Medium-Chain Triglycerides and Cancer 88
Effects of Fats and Calories on Carcinogenesis 89
Cholesterol and Cancer 94
Monoglycerides of Bitter Melon 96
Atherosclerosis and Infection 101
Three Theories of Atherosclerosis Genesis 103
The Encrustation Theory 103
The Lipid Theory 103
The Theory of Response to Endothelial Injury 104
Cholesterol and Statins 108
Demise of the Cholesterol-Heart Hypothesis 115
The New Paradigm: Athcrosclerosis as an Inflammatory Disease 116
C-Reactive Protein as an Inflammatory Marker and Risk Factor for CAD 118
Exploring the Role of Infection in Atherosclerosis 120
Conclusions 124
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia 129
The Prostate Gland 132
Symptoms of BPH 133
How BPH Occurs 134
Nutriceutical Treatment of BPH 136
Inhibition of 5 Alpha-Reductase 139
Nutriceutical Treatment for Gastric Ulcers 143
The New Paradigm for Gastric Disease 143
Healing of Gastric Ulcers 146
Human Clinical Study 149
Reflections on Fifty Years of Research on Saturated Fats and Cholesterol 151
A News Flash! From The New York Times 153
Testimonials 157
Professional Endorsement of Lauricidin 158
Lay Testimonials 161
Herpes Virus 161
Flu/Colds/Sinuses 166
Hepatitis C 169
Chronic Fatigue/Fibromyalgia 171
Autism 173
Fungal Infections 179
Miscellaneous Reports 180
Prevention of Dental Caries by Monolaurin 186
In Vitro Studies with Lauricidin 187
In Vivo Results Using Lauricidin 188
References 191
Selected References from the Author's Own Bibliography 191
Volumes Representing Scholarly Summaries on the Beneficial Effects of Saturated Fats 196
Selected References from the Internet-Entrez Medline 202
Glossary of Biochemical and Medical Terms 213
Index 233
About the Author 241

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