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Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes. He starts with a takedown of the dietary fat-heart disease hypothesis, moves on to the dietary fat-obesity link. Fin
by frankus 17y ago
Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes. He starts with a takedown of the dietary fat-heart disease hypothesis, moves on to the dietary fat-obesity link. Finally he makes a convincing argument that neither eating less nor exercising more are good ways to lose weight.
- sabat 17y ago"... and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing."
- pizza 17y agoWould it really matter? I mean, you could still detect the contrast between the two and walk safely across.
- billswift 17y agoI read that 2 years ago, and I agree it is excellent. He goes well beyond the evidence against carbohydrates, but his claims for the politicization of diet recommendations is the best I have encountered. As a side note, I tried an extremely low carb diet for a while after reading it, but noticed no real differences either pro or con. I similarly noticed no real differences many years ago, when I was vegetarian for a couple of years.