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Toxic Fat: When Good Fat Turns Bad | 
 enlarge | Author: Barry Sears
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 33980
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 1401604293
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.398
EAN: 9781401604295
ASIN: 1401604293
Publication Date: September 30, 2008
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Toxic Fat: When Good Fat Turns Bad, provides a revolutionary new understanding of our current obesity epidemic by showing that it can be viewed as a form of cancer to be treated using the clinically proven pathway to change the expression of your genes using food as a drug to rid your body of toxic fat. For many of us, one of the first signs of toxic fat is the accumulation of excess body fat. In fact, obesity can be viewed as a form of "cancer" that is driven by toxic fat. However, only when this toxic fat begins to spread into the bloodstream does it begin to attack your other organs leading to early development of chronic disease. This is why some people can be overweight and be quite healthy, while others can be of normal weight and be quite sick. What ultimately determines your state of wellness is not your weight but the levels of toxic fat in your blood. This book changes forever how we look at the fat on our body and its impact on the future of health care in America.
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 FAT ATTACK December 6, 2008
Dr Adam Weiss (Buffalo Grove,IL.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Toxic fat- the title alone makes you sit up and take notice, then the author `s name- Dr Sears let's you know the book is going to be full of useful information and back up with science. This time around the author address obesity from the inflammation point of view and should be treated with the same seriousness of cancer. The book will break down how and why body fat is destroying your health and how to overcome it with easy step by step process of diet and supplementing your diet with the right amount of healthy nutrition.
toxic fat explained December 1, 2008
John C. Fowler (Canada, Cariboo)
excellent , in depth explanation of why we hold onto fat and the foods that cause the "fat trap" to store energy.I found the book sometimess a little to in depth but it's worth it to understand, in order to change.I use this book and Zone meals to modify my daily eating habits, not to hard to do with all the great menu ideas and glycemic index suggestions. highly reccomended.
 Toxic Book November 26, 2008
The Wood (Utah)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book is more like a catalog of things that you can purchase from the ZONE store. Pushing everything from blood testing to Zone meal replacers.
They should send you the book for free because it has so much advertising.
I would say that the greater part of the book is a compilation of recipes very reminiscent of the other Zone diet books.
The Science does not get down to the exact details of how Barry thinks this lack of fish oil is actually causing the diseases he implies are the result of the imbalance of fatty acids caused by our modern diet. All and all a very disappointing book. If you must have it, buy mine used. Oops here I go, pushing my products...I must have learned something from the book.
Toxic Fat Is All About The Inflammation, Stupid! November 17, 2008
Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Man (Spartanburg, SC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The most cutting-edge nutrition expert of our day has got to be Zone Diet creator Dr. Barry Sears. Long before anyone was talking about inflammation as a root cause in heart disease and other health issues, he was coming up with solutions to the problem that now is becoming more and more evident is the primary reason why people are suffering from heart attacks, cardiovascular issues, and even death.
Don't be fooled by the title, though. Dr. Sears is NOT describing dietary fat that you consume in your daily meals, but rather that fat that just sits there in your abdomen and never goes away. He believes that fat is "toxic" because it is a sign of the untreated inflammation that can and will lead to greater health problems down the road.
Attacking it with an aggressive specialized fish oil treatment along with the Zone dietary approach can "reverse toxic fat syndrome in 30 days." That's what Dr. Sears says will happen and has the case studies of real people who have done it to prove his point. Whether you buy into the Zone diet or not, this book is well worth it just for the information on reducing inflammation to slow down the aging process, improve heart health, and restore your overall health to where it needs to be. That's something you can trust Dr. Sears will watch out for. He always has!
Best book on inflammation epidemic November 4, 2008
Susan Schenck (San Diego, CA)
Good news! It's not your fault you're fat, it's good to be a bit fat (if not inflamed) and overweight people often outlive normal people.
This is the best book I have read so far that explains that it's not really about the fat; it's about the inflammation (and how to get rid of it).
Using the metaphor "The Perfect Nutritional Storm," Sears guides us through the history of how cheap food became available in the USA: not the good fruits and vegetables, but rather the cheap omega-6 fats and high glycemic carb foods. He points specifically to three factors that have created this health disaster in the USA.
The nice thing about Dr. Sears' books is that you don't have to read the previous ones to understand the material because he always has nice summaries of his prior discoveries---so this book includes info on not only the inflammation issue, but also the Zone diet and fish oil.
If you've ever been envious of someone who can eat all they want and not gain weight, you won't be after reading this book. It's not only the overweight who are susceptible to toxic problems. And an overweight person can even be healthy. Sears claims that the heaviest man in the world went on this diet and lost 400 pounds (at the time of the writing) and even long before reaching his ideal weight, achieved very ideal blood chemistry.
Sears takes us on a tour of the hormones of hunger. You will better understand the delicate balance of what causes hunger when you read this.
I wonder if someone could come up with a raw food vegetarian zone diet. That would be the Perfect Antidote to the Perfect Nutritional Storm.
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