LibGuides: BIOG 161 (Miller): Trans Fats

Tips for Researching Trans Fats

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Suggested Keywords/Search Strategy: trans fat

Recommended Databases

Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Great starting point for some e-books giving an overview of trans fats.
Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is the premier database covering social issues, such as Gun Control, Genetic Engineering, Censorship, Endangered Species, and Terrorism. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center brings together viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, newspaper and magazines articles, as well as links to more than 1,000 reviewed and subject-indexed web sites.

E-Books

The Fats of Life by Glen D. Lawrence
Call Number: EBSCO E-Book
ISBN: 9780813546773
Publication Date: 2010-02-04
The chemical and biochemical characteristics of fatty acids and their metabolism to a vast array of potent bioactive messengers are described in the context of their potential effects on general health and impact on various diseases and neurological disorders. Addresses in detail the capacity for polyunsaturated fatty acids to influence asthma, atherosclerosis, heart disease, inflammation, cancer, and immunity.
Food Bites by Richard W. Hartel; AnnaKate Hartel
Call Number: OhioLINK E-Book
ISBN: 9780387758459
Publication Date: 2009-03-01
Food Bites is an easy-to-read, often humorous book on the scientific basis of the foods we eat. Look at the chapter Butter or Margarine?
Modern Dietary Fat Intakes in Disease Promotion by Fabien DeMeester; Sherma Zibadi (Editor); Ronald Ross Watson (Editor)
Call Number: OhioLINK E-Book
ISBN: 9781603275712
Publication Date: 2010-06-07
Look at the section on Dietary Fats.

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