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The queen of fats : why omega-3s were removed from the Western diet and what we can do to replace them / Susan Allport.

By: Series: California studies in food and culture ; 15Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.Description: 222 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0520242823 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780520242821
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.3/97 22
LOC classification:
  • QP752.O44 A45 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
What's for dinner? -- A trip to Greenland -- How the omegas got their name -- Monsieur cholesterol -- Fishy fats -- Tree lard and cow oil -- The chemist in the kitchen -- Out of Africa-- -- And into the membrane -- Where have all the omega-3s gone? -- The speed of life -- Putting omega-3s back into your food supply -- The proof is in the pudding.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-200) and index.

What's for dinner? -- A trip to Greenland -- How the omegas got their name -- Monsieur cholesterol -- Fishy fats -- Tree lard and cow oil -- The chemist in the kitchen -- Out of Africa-- -- And into the membrane -- Where have all the omega-3s gone? -- The speed of life -- Putting omega-3s back into your food supply -- The proof is in the pudding.

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