Welcome addittion to the debate Very interesting and enjoyable book and I am suprised it didn't get more publicity, perhaps because it's not pushing a diet. It's interesting that again and again it is refined carbs in the form of sugar and refined flour that appear as the culprits in humans trying to obtain optimal health and not neccessarily fats as is so often the general view. Also frightening how the medical profession and goverment health organisations respond to the propaganda from the food manufacturers and ignore the facts... more info
This book is fantastic It confirmed what I suspected. I ve spent years eating whole grain healthy stuff with pretty low fat intake and I still put on weight - even though I was going to the gym daily. It s only in the past 3 months by eating low carbs (always accompanied by some fat and protein) and a lot more fat (olive oil, coconut oil as well as meats and full fat dairy products) that I ve lost over 3 stone. I haven t exercised more or starved - just lost weight.
Everyone is different of course - but try eating along the... more info
Updated. Evidence to support we've wrongly been sold a bad diet! This book is one of those books which once you read you cant really put down!
He has facts & evidence to support the truth that the LOW FAT DOGMA IS WRONG! With even evidence showing that the Government spent a fortune trying to flaw the Low Carb against the Low Fat dogma but failed (and so badly!) so it was all hushed up and forgotten.
But they can continue to say that they're right. But with more and more people following the low-carb hypothesis, and seeing overwhelming results, pretty... more info
Insufficient Superlatives Thank you, Mr Taubes, for presenting a critical analysis of the evidence published so far, for although my own researches had drawn me to similar conclusions as your own, you have argued the case more eloquently, thoroughly, and accurately than I can. The only distressing aspect about reading this book is that if one has to deal subsequently with so-called professionals and experts - such as my wife's 'diabetes team' - one discovers what Mr Taubes illustrates so well, namely that most of them appear to... more info
