"The best way to oil your skin is from the inside."

The man who revolutionized the way we think about fats and oils sits across the table from me and laughs when I call him The Fat Guru.

"People call me all kinds of names," he confesses and starts to rattle them off with ease."The Fat Man, The Omega Man and Dr. Fat."

But no matter what nickname people remember him by, Udo (pronounced oo-doe), is always remembered as the man who wrote the original book on fats and oils-literally. Udo`s original inspiration for his book began as a personal matter of life or death.

After being poisoned at work by cancer-causing pesticides, Udo began to research the link between cancers and fats in the hope of finding a nutritional healing program for himself.

"I knew that the poisons I had been exposed to were carcinogenic and that cancer often involves fats. I needed clear, accurate and factual information," says Udo.

Nearly six years worth of research on the subject of fats, health and nutrition yielded two obvious rewards for Udo. The first reward was the restoration of his own health, and the second was the creation of his book on fats and oils.