Gary Taubes is an American science writer and the co-founder and senior scientific advisor of the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI). He is an award-winning science and health journalist, the author of Why We Get Fat and Good Calories, Bad Calories, and a former staff writer for Discover and correspondent for the journal Science. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and Esquire, and has been included in numerous "Best of…" anthologies, including The Best of the Best American Science Writing (2010).

He has received three Science in Society Journalism Awards from the National Association of Science Writers. He is also the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research. He has a master's degree in Journalism from Columbia University, and he lives in Oakland, California.

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In this episode, we cover:

Diet controversies - high-fat, low-carb diets versus high-carb, low-fat diets
How to interpret scientific literature
Effective ways to identify good science
How to use nutritional science and research to effect change in society's eating habits
Gary's exercise and nutritional regimens, his thoughts on sugary foods and cravings, and more!

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#43: Gary Taubes – Award-winning Science and Health Writer on High-Fat, Low Carb Diets and How To Separate Good Science from Bad Science