Common wisdom, encouraged by pharmaceutical companies with a financial interest in the matter, invariably blames cholesterol & saturated fats for everything from heart disease to stroke. Distilling 50 years of research on the subject, & citing studies largely ignored by the mainstream, Fats Are Good for You & Other Secrets offers a provocative challenge to this idea. Author Jon Kabara begins by revealing the surprisingly varied roles played by fats & cholesterol in the body as a source of all sex hormones, vitamin D, & bile acids, & a necessary factor in digestion & the formation of cell membranes. The author describes the powerful antimicrobial & antiviral effects of fats & their positive influence on oral health. He examines the relationship of dietary fat to the immune system & the role it plays in cancer, & continues with a detailed look at how plaque buildup in the arteries (atherosclerosis) begins & how inflammation & infection, rather than fat & cholesterol, cause its development. Kabaras sensible, science-based advocacy for understanding the health benefits of moderate cholesterol & medium-chain fats, & the true causes of diseases linked to them, makes this book both important & timely.