> High fat/high sugar foods offer the most calories/dollar. So what? Well, the theory is that cheap vegetable oil and sugar causes these metabolic disorders wh

> High fat/high sugar foods offer the most calories/dollar. So what? Well, the theory is that cheap vegetable oil and sugar causes these metabolic disorders which then causes obesity. >Taubes' insulin theories have been debunked by experiments. They're not his theories. He makes the point repeatedly in GCBC that they form part of modern, standard biochemistry. The only controversial points that he makes is that they should be applied to obesity research. > Taubes' insulin theories have been debunked by experiments. what are those experiments? My understanding is that carbohydrate-restricted diets generally fare better in terms of weight-loss, muscle-maintenance, and improvements in risk factors of chronic diseases: http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/297/9/969.full http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/297/9/969.full http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eREuZEdMAVo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eREuZEdMAVo Apparently they results are best for people who are insulin resistant, as you might expect. "PLASMA FREE FATTY ACID TURNOVER RATE IN OBESITY" I'm not sure exactly what that means, is this referring just to the rate at which FFAs cross fat-cell membranes, or the rate of esterification and lipolysis? Because it's the latter that Taubes argues is primarily important.