Exploring the controversial science of diet and health, "Good Calories, Bad Calories" is a tour de force of scientific investigation certain to redefine the ongoing debate about food and its effects on health.
"Science" writer Taubes suggested in a "New York Times Magazine" article that the accepted wisdom regarding weight control is wrong. Now he deepens his argument to demonstrate that refined carbohydrates are most likely the culprits in obesity and other chronic diseases.
In a fast-paced, news-breaking account that reads like a novel, noted science journalist Gary Taubes brings to life one of the greatest scientific frauds of our times--the discovery of "cold fusion".
A modern-day adventure story demonstrating the chaotic and chancy nature of science that will change perceptions of scientific research. Several colorful personalities are introduced--the Italian physicist Carlo Rubbia chief among them.
Where mainstream nutritional science has demonised dietary fat for 50 years, hundreds of millions of dollars of research have failed to prove that eating a low-fat diet will help you live longer. Nutrition and obesity scientists have struggled to make sense of the paradox that obesity has become an epidemic, that diabetes rates have soared and the ...
Where mainstream nutritional science has demonised dietary fat for 50 years, hundreds of millions of dollars of research have failed to prove that eating a low-fat diet will help you live longer. Nutrition and obesity scientists have struggled to make sense of the paradox that obesity has become an epidemic, that diabetes rates have soared and the ...
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