I first read Catherine Shanahan's books when I was in nutrition school ten years ago. She is a physician has specialized in looking at how nutrition affects health. Her first book, Deep Nutrition, looked at a number of factors in traditional diets that helped those populations avoid the chronic diseases now affecting so many in the US. This book goes deeply into one of the problem foods in our modern diets: vegetable oils, which did not make up a substantial part of our diet until after WWII. These are the seed oils such as canola, corn, soy and sunflower/safflower. These are all relatively new to the diet, unlike traditional fats such as butter and olive oil. This book does an excellent job at explaining the negative health consequences of eating large amounts of vegetable oils. The book also shows where these foods are in the modern diet, how to avoid them and what to eat instead. This book has many excellent references but is also highly readable for the average lay person. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in improving their health through nutrition. I received an advanced complementary copy via NetGalley.

Dr. Cate Shanahan's exposé on vegetable oils serves as a wake-up call, shedding light on the detrimental effects the oils have on our health. I had no idea of the link between vegetable oils and health conditions. Through insightful exploration and arguments based on well respected scientists, Shanahan compellingly illustrates how these oils can trigger cellular damage, deplete antioxidants, and foster free radical toxicity, urging readers to reconsider their dietary choices for the betterment of their well-being. While I don't know if I'm ready to give up french-fries completely, I am definitely reducing my intake of vegetable oils.
Thank you NetGalley and Hachette Go for this ARC.