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Taubes argues that the problem lies in refined carbohydrates, like white flour, easily digested starches, and sugars, and. Sep 01, 2012 science writer gary taubes has spent the last decade finding a better answer. Diet fads wax and wane, but for the past few decades, publichealth experts have assured us there is a surefire path to weight. Summary of good calories, bad calories good calories, bad calories is a scholarly book that musters the evidence for the case against the highfat hypothesis for heart disease, cancer and obesity and in favour of the carbohydrateinsulin hypothesis. Good calories, bad calories by gary taubes what about. May 16, 2011 gary expanded on the times article in a dense, 500pluspage book, good calories, bad calories knopf, 2007, and a newer, much shorter, easiertodigest sequel, why we get fat knopf, 2010. Good calories, bad calories by gary taubes overdrive. So, if you eat a lot of carbohydrates, exercise helps you burn those off, but it. Gary is one of the most influential people in the world of nutritional science and basically turning that science upside down on its head with his publications of good calories, bad calories, why we get fat. For decades we have been taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more.
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Good calories, bad calories by gary taubes new york. Last updated on august 5, 2017 my free marketing newsletter gary taubes reveals the bad nutritional science of the last centurynone more damaging or misguided than the caloriesin, caloriesout model of why we get fatand the good science that has been ignored. Fats, carbs, and the controversial science of diet and health, by gary taubes. Eating too many calories was the problem, and since fat contains more than twice as many calories per gram as either protein or.