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Good calories, bad calories

Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health
Book • 2008
In 'Good Calories, Bad Calories', Gary Taubes challenges the conventional wisdom on diet, weight control, and disease.

He argues that the last few decades of dietary advice promoting low-fat diets have been consistently incorrect.

Taubes posits that carbohydrates, particularly refined ones like white flour, sugar, and starches, are the primary cause of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and other ailments.

He supports his assertions with biological, epidemiological, and anthropological evidence, highlighting the role of insulin in fat storage and the flaws in the scientific literature that have led to the current dietary guidelines.

The book aims to change how scientists and researchers approach the questions of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes, rather than providing a specific diet plan.

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as one of Gary Taubes' books about the impact of food on health.
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as a preeminent book on metabolic health.
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Dave Asprey
, referencing his work on insulin's effects on the body.
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Dave Asprey
when discussing studies on caloric deficits and their effects on the body.
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Mark Hyman
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Gary Taubes
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Gary Taubes
' books, referencing the common misconception about weight gain.
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Mark Hyman
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' books exploring the science of obesity.
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Dr. Ford Brewer
when discussing the historical perspectives on carbohydrate consumption and weight gain.
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Peter Attia
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Gary Taubes
' books covering his work in nutrition.
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Doug Reynolds
as an influential figure in the low-carb community.
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himself when discussing his inspiration for the Personalized Nutrition Project.
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Chuck Bryan
as a book that explains how much of what the FDA and USDA recommends is wrong.
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Zach Weissmueller
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Gary Taubes
' books discussing the American diet.
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Adam Kosloff
as a book that threw him for a loop and made him want to get into nutrition.
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Mentioned by Dr. Hyman as an expert discussing the myth of calories in, calories out.
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