Many of us love junk foods. What we don't love are the medical conditions and weight gain that they are associated with. Research findings that have been made by scientists at universities and research centers across America and abroad indicate that fiber and antioxidants can offset the effects of the fat in our diets. This does not mean that we can eat unlimited amounts of fat every day. What it does mean is that we can have greater freedom in making food choices. Offset the Fat is a compilation of these research findings... providing cutting edge information on how fiber and antioxidants can help prevent medical conditions and weight gain associated with high-fat foods. The author explains how he utilized the information to help himself maintain healthy cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure and body weight over the decades without having to avoid junk foods. Here are just five of the MANY Offset the Fat concepts that are discussed:

✔ The fat in our diets produces fatty acids that are converted to cholesterol-related acids that can clog arteries and raise cholesterol levels. Fiber offsets that effect by nabbing cholesterol-related acids - ushering them out of our bodies before they can clog arteries, thus promoting healthy cholesterol levels and reducing our risk of heart disease.

✔ The excess calories in high-fat foods are stored as fat, and can increase our risk of obesity. Fiber offsets that effect by nabbing calories - speeding them through our digestive system before they can be absorbed and stored as fat, thus making it harder for us to gain weight and reducing our risk of obesity.

✔ The fat in our diets increases our exposure to free radicals, which attack and damage healthy human cells. Antioxidants offset that effect by neutralizing free radicals, thus preventing and reversing cellular damage and reducing our risk of cancer, heart disease and many other conditions.

✔ The excess calories in high-fat foods are stored as fat, and can increase our risk of obesity. Antioxidants offset that effect by giving our bodies the energy needed to burn fat more efficiently, thus making it harder for us to gain weight and reducing our risk of obesity.

✔ The fat in our diets can trigger heart attacks by causing blood clotting elements in the bloodstream known as platelets to become more adhesive and clump together - thereby triggering the formation of abnormal blood clots in the heart artery. Abnormal blood clots can eventually trigger heart attacks. Fiber offsets that effect by speeding the mechanisms in which abnormal blood clots dissolve, thus decreasing the likelihood that abnormal blood clots will lead to heart attacks.

Research findings made at the following institutions have made the writing of Offset the Fat possible:

✔ The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Human Nutrition Research Center in Maryland
✔ The Naylor Dana Institute of the American Health Foundation
✔ The University of Maine in Orono
✔ The University of Minnesota in St. Paul
✔ The University of Florida College of Medicine
✔ The University of Kentucky College of Medicine
✔ The USANA Research Laboratories in Utah
✔ The Cardiology Research Institute in Moscow
✔ The National Institutes of Health
✔ Boston University School of Medicine
✔ The Strang Cancer Research Laboratory in New York
✔ Rutgers University in New Brunswick
✔ The University of Minnesota in Minneapolis
✔ Cornell University Medical College in New York
✔ The University of Toronto
✔ Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C.
✔ The University of New Hampshire in Durham>
✔ Oregon Health Sciences University
✔ The University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington
✔ Temple University School of Medicine
✔ The National I