About the Author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1 The Fat Paradox: Good Health on a High-Fat Diet; 2 Why We Think Saturated Fat Is Unhealthy; 3 The Low-Fat Diet Is Introduced to America; 4 The Flawed Science of Saturated versus Polyunsaturated Fats; 5 The Low-Fat Diet Goes to Washington; 6 How Women and Children Fare on a Low-Fat Diet; 7 Selling the Mediterranean Diet: What Is the Science?; 8 Exit Saturated Fats, Enter Trans Fats; 9 Exit Trans Fats, Enter Something Worse?; 10 Why Saturated Fat Is Good for You; Conclusion; A Note on Meat and Ethics
In The Big Fat Surprise, investigative journalist Nina Teicholz reveals the unthinkable: everything we thought we knew about dietary fat is wrong. For the past 60 years, we have been told that the best possible diet involves cutting back on fat, especially saturated fat. But what if the low-fat diet is itself the problem? What if the very foods we've been denying ourselves - the creamy cheeses, the sizzling steaks - are the key to reversing the epidemics of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease? In this captivating, vibrant, and convincing narrative, based on a nine