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Lipids in Human Nutrition

An Appraisal of Some Dietary Concepts

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  • © 1981

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Authors:
  1. Germain J. Brisson

    1. Université Laval, Québec, Canada

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Dietary fats and body lipids: terms used

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    Pages 1-30

  3. The technology of edible fats and oils

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    Pages 31-40

  4. The enigma of the trans fatty acids

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    Pages 41-71

  5. Cholesterophobia

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    Pages 73-94

  6. Saturated and polyunsaturated fats

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    Pages 95-111

  7. Lipoproteins

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    Pages 113-141

  8. The major intervention studies

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    Pages 143-159

  9. General conclusions

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    Pages 161-164

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 165-175
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About this book

Throughout its history, medicine has benefited from scientific discov­ eries made in complementary fields such as chemistry, physics and biology. Thus, in the middle of the last century, the works of Pasteur, a chemist and biologist, by revealing the world of micro-organisms, bacteria and viruses, made it possible to control a considerable number of often fatal diseases. Guided by the work of this inspired biologist, the English surgeon, Sir Joseph Lister, developed aseptic techniques which have rendered possible the spectacular achievements of modern surgery. It is largely due to such advances that the life-expectancy of man, 50 years at the turn of the century (1900), approaches 75 years in 1981. Even today, however, in spite of this, two groups of ailments, arter­ iosclerosis and cancer, are responsible for 70 per cent of human deaths both in Canada and in the United States of America. The former is a degenerative process of the arterial system, the latter an uncontrolled and destructive cellular proliferation. Although several predisposing factors are known, the essential cause of these conditions is wholly unknown. As long as this ignorance of the etiology persists, all forms of therapy can be no more than palliative.

Authors and Affiliations

  • UniversitĂ© Laval, QuĂ©bec, Canada

    Germain J. Brisson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lipids in Human Nutrition

  • Book Subtitle: An Appraisal of Some Dietary Concepts

  • Authors: Germain J. Brisson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7212-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-015-7214-9Published: 01 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-7212-5Published: 09 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 175

  • Number of Illustrations: 52 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Medical Biochemistry

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