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Article: The Role of Fats in Human Nutrition.
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- Food Trade Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 1989
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The Role of Fats in Human Nutrition.
2nd edition. Edited by A J Vergroesen and M Crawford. Including the editors, there are twenty-three people who have been involved in writing this book which reviews our present understanding of the role of essential fatty acids in our nutrition. It is already well known that fatty acids can be involved in heart disease and a type of diabetes besides the generally overweight condition. On the otherhand, insufficient fat intake creates another problem with infants.
In this book the various authors discuss the analysis of dietary fats, dietary fatty acids, fish oils in health and the prevention of heart disease. They cover ...