When Good Fat Turns Bad By Barry Sears, Ph.D. AUTHOR OF THE ZONE,THE #1 New York Times best seller.
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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The author of The Zone delivers his most urgent message yet, exposing the epidemic unleashed by America’s agri-business industry—and offering a revolutionary 30-day plan to begin to reverse its deadly consequences “All of our efforts to ‘eat less and exercise more’ may be meaningless.
Toxic fat is the key to not only understanding our obesity epidemic but also providing the linkage between obesity and chronic disease. That chronic disease may be heart disease, diabetes, cancer, or even Alzheimer’s, but it had its start as Toxic Fat Syndrome.”
He transformed millions of lives with his cutting-edge research on the links between hormones and weight gain. Now Dr. Barry Sears takes his research deeper, shining a spotlight on one particularly dangerous fatty acid—arachidonic acid—that drives our current obesity epidemic and the chronic diseases associated with it. Revealing why more Americans than ever before are vulnerable to Toxic Fat Syndrome—and what we can do to reverse its damaging effects—Dr. Sears outlines a revolutionary rescue plan in TOXIC FAT: When Good Fat Turns Bad(Thomas Nelson Publishers; On Sale Now; Hardcover; $24.99; ISBN 973-140160429-5).
Bucking conventional wisdom in every chapter, TOXIC FAT is built on several provocative, proven principles, including: • If you’re fat, it’s not your fault: A genetic predisposition, combined with hormonalimbalances triggered by Toxic Fat, can cause your fat cells to trap incoming dietary calories preventing their conversion to the chemical energy we need to survive and movearound. For those with an active “fat trap”, trying to “eat less and exercise more” can actually cause the body to “cannibalize” itself. To make matters worse, Toxic Fat makesyou constantly crave food by increasing hunger signals in the brain
• The obesity epidemic was triggered when the government’s agriculture policies changed radically in the 1970s: This resulted in a seismic dietary change in agribusiness that flooded our supermarkets with cheap, refined carbohydrates and cheap vegetable oils—the nutritional equivalent of pouring kerosene on a fire. The result? The current epidemic of Toxic Fat.
• Toxic Fat causes inflammation, which is the underlying cause obesity and other chronic diseases. Dr. Sears and numerous other researchers have shown that inflammation is the root cause of most chronic disease, such as diabetes, heart disease,cancer, and even Alzheimer’s. Obesity can’t be reversed unless inflammation in the fat cells is reduced. Drugs can’t do this, but an appropriate anti-inflammatory diet can do so very effectively.
• Thin people can have dangerously high levels of Toxic Fat, detectible in the bloodstream. Dr. Sears has worked with numerous Olympic athletes whose inflammation levels were dangerously high. He also knows that it’s possible to be fat, but remain perfectly healthy, as long as inflammation levels are in check.
• Obesity is best understood as a cancer. It can be benign (by increasing body fat to store Toxic Fat as a toxic waste dump) or it can be malignant (releasing stored Toxic Fatinto the blood to reach every organ in the body. Like a cancer, obesity is best treated by either surgery (gastric bypass surgery) or “chemotherapy” using the anti-inflammatory Zone Diet.“Thinking of excess fat as a potentially malignant tumor should scare you as much as any formof cancer,” Dr. Sears writes. “Bottom line: if you are fat and inflamed, the more likely you are probably going to die at an earlier age.”
Fortunately, unlike cancer this epidemic is easily reversed through dietary changes. With keys to longevity, vitality, and better overall health, Dr. Sears serves up a delicious prescription in TOXIC FAT.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Zone, BARRY SEARS, Ph.D., is a leading authority on the hormonal effects of food. In addition to The Zone, he is the author of numerous books on dietary hormonal control, selling a total of more than five million copies. He continueshis research as president of the non-profit Inflammation Research Foundation. Dr. Sears lives with his wife, Lynn, and their daughters north of Boston.
TOXIC FAT By Barry Sears, Ph.D. www.toxicfatthebook.com Thomas Nelson Publishers; On Sale April 2009; Hardcover; $24.99; ISBN 973-140160429-5
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