About this title: "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.
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"All my life, everything I learned about nutrition focused on low-fat diets. Supposedly, a low-fat diet was the grail to good living. So why did 30 years of a "healthy" low-fat diet give me elevated blood sugar and high cholesterol? Why do I feel and look so much better after 3 months on a low-carb, high-fat diet?
Taubes does an excellent job of using historical and modern research to explain why the low-fat dogma has been embraced by the medical community and the government, despite decades -- nay, centuries-- of evidence that low-fat diets are unhealthy and unnatural. Taubes makes the case that refined carbohydrates cause heart disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer and other maladies of civilization.
This is a dense book packed with research; it's not a typical "diet" book, and there are no recipes or easily-digestible diet tips. Some parts of the book are fascinating, others are dry, but it is all informative and meticulously laid together."
"This is probably one of the most important books to read regarding what we eat. It presents some incredibly compelling and convincing evidence for why the "conventional wisdom" on diet is flat out wrong. The impact of following this "common sense" advice has been quite tragic and goes far beyond obesity: diabetes, heart disease, cancer and Alzheimers are all affected as well. At the very basic level, Taubes argues that not all calories are equal, fats are not unhealthy, obesity is not the result of eating too much or exercising too little, and that most of our modern diseases are the result of the hormonal response of our bodies to our modern diets.
Unfortunately, the book is far from perfect. It's basically 450 pages of referenced studies and can only be described as "dense". Although it's fairly well put together and logically arranged, I suspect many people will be unable to get through it. Perhaps a "lite" version is needed to more effectively spread Taubes' important message.
Moreover, the book has some important commissions - such as the fact that in the same way not all calories are the same, not all types of exercise are either - and Taubes occasionally contradicts himself, so you have to read it critically. Nevertheless, the main points of the book and the studies that back them up are very solid and will likely change the way you look at what you put in your body in the future."
"A well-written book about food and nutrition worthy of a college classroom. It is difficult reading for an average person looking for diet advice. I found only one chapter pertinent to the average dieter. The remaining parts of the book are wonderful if you were scientifically researching food and how it works with the body.
When I purchased this book I expected to find easy to read information that would help me understand which foods to eat and which foods to avoid. That information is in this book but you need to read on a high scholastic level to find it. Someday I may read the complete book but for now I only skimmed through it.
I didn't need this book in my personal library. However, the book itself is well written and full of excellent information."
"Examines the science and research behind diet and health.
* Current guidelines in the U.S. advocating low-fat diets to reduce risk of heart disease, hypertension, athersclerosis, etc. are not supported by the science.
* The obesity and Type II diabetes epidemics in the U.S. have as a primary dietary factor refined carbohydrates--not fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, lack of fiber, or lack of exercise.
* Obesity is not a result of input-output imbalance (i.e., that person eats too much and exercises too little), but is a result of a metabolic disorder that is driven by the high amounts of refined carbohydrates we eat (e.g., white flour, white rice, sugar, etc).
* IOW, obese people are not fat because they overeat, they overeat because they are fat."
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