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Know Your Fats : The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils and Cholesterol Later Printing Used Edition
Author(s): Mary G. Enig (Author)
- Publisher: Bethesda Pr
- Publication Date: May 14, 2000
- Edition: Later Printing Used
- Language: English
- Print length: 358 pages
- ISBN-10: 0967812607
- ISBN-13: 9780967812601
Book Description
Pristine Pages. I purchased it and then never ended up using it.
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About the Author
Dr. Mary G. Enig, a nutritionist/biochemist of international renown for her research on the nutritional aspects of fats and oils, is a consultant, clinician, and the Director of the Nutritional Sciences Division of Enig Associates, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Enig, a consultant on nutrition to individuals, industry, and state and federal governments, is a licensed practitioner in Maryland and the District of Columbia. She has served as a Contributing Editor of the scientific journal Clinical Nutrition and a Consulting Editor of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. Dr. Enig has authored numerous journal publications, mainly on fats and oils research and nutrient/drug interactions, and is a well-known invited lecturer at scientific meetings and a popular interviewee on TV and radio shows about nutrition. She was an early and articulate critic of the use of trans fatty acids and advocated their inclusion in nutritional labeling; the scientific mainstream is now challenging the food product industry’s use of trans-containing partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. She received her Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is a Fellow of The American College of Nutrition, a member of The American Society for Nutritional Sciences, and President of the Maryland Nutritionists Association.
