"This book provides a broad source of reference on oils and fats chemistry for graduates entering the food and oleochemical industries, postgraduate researchers and nutritionists. It offers a point of entry to the detailed literature."--Jacket.
The role of fats in human nutrition
Dietary fats and carbohydrates represent some eighty to ninety percent of food energy uptake in man; fatty acids play a critical role in human development, health and disease. In affluent populations high fat consumption contributes to heart disease, obesity and type II diabetes…
Abstract: This book reviews the current understanding of essential fatty acids and their role in human nutrition. It is intended to serve as a major textbook and reference source for students, dieticians, specialists in internal medicine, biologists and biochemists in this field…
Fat: culture and materiality
by Forth, Christopher E., Leitch, Alison, Murray, Samantha
""Fat". In contemporary society the word never fails to elicit powerful emotions, especially as it relates to bodily health and appearance. But fat is a noun as well as an adjective and has a cultural life outside of its relationship with the human body. By focusing on the compl…
Processing and nutrition of fats and oils
by Kamal-Eldin, Afaf, Romero Hernández, Ernesto
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