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The queen of fats : why omega-3s were removed from the Western diet and what we can do to replace them

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The queen of fats : why omega-3s were removed from the Western diet and what we can do to replace them / Susan Allport.
Author
Allport, Susan.
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.
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222 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Series Statement
California studies in food and culture ; 15
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-200) and index.
Contents
What's for dinner? -- A trip to Greenland -- How the omegas got their name -- Monsieur cholesterol -- Fishy fats -- Tree lard and cow oil -- The chemist in the kitchen -- Out of Africa-- -- And into the membrane -- Where have all the omega-3s gone? -- The speed of life -- Putting omega-3s back into your food supply -- The proof is in the pudding.
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JSD 07-96
ISBN
  • 0520242823 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780520242821 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2005035605
OCLC
62615859
Author
Allport, Susan.
Title
The queen of fats : why omega-3s were removed from the Western diet and what we can do to replace them / Susan Allport.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.
Series
California studies in food and culture ; 15
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-200) and index.
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