He shows how our fast-paced modern lifestyle has created a pro-fat culture that relies on frozen meals, fast foods, and snacks for nutrition. He reveals how advertising regularly misleads consumers about the fat content of foods (2% milk, for example, is really 38% fat). He makes known information about the biological basis for the -_fat tooth-"-Xwhy so many of us crave chocolate, cheesecake, and ice cream. And he provides specific, practical, usable advice on striping fat from our diets by employing a special fat tooth budget.
With menus, tips, and 200 delicious, low-fat recipes from Bernie Piscatella-Xeach with a nutritional breakdown-XCONTROLLING YOUR FAT TOOTH is every American-Ys antidote to a national epidemic. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, Better Homes & Gardens Family Book Service, and Rodale Book Club. 450,000 copies in print.
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UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS
,h The link between excess dietary fat and heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes
,h Why all calories are not created equal
,h The hidden fat in baked goods and convenience foods
,h The difference between saturated, polyunsaturated, and monounsaturated oils
,h The marriage of sugar and fat, and the truth behind the -_sweet tooth-"
,h Food labels and the myths about -_lite-" and -_low-fat-"
-_Controlling Your Fat Tooth is a scientifically sound, effective tool for translating into everyday actions what we know we should do: eat less fat.-"
(Adam Drewnowski, Ph.D., Director, Program in Human Nutrition, University of Michigan)
-_This is a take-charge book! . . . it offers a sensible, do-it-yourself approach to changing food habits without deprivation. After reviewing the information, suggestions, and every single recipe for nutritional content, I can tell you that these authors know what they-Yre doing.-"
(Evette M. Hackman, Ph.D., R.D., Nutrition and food editor, Shape magazine)
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