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Good Calories, Bad Calories
- Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 25 hrs and 35 mins
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Publisher's Summary
This groundbreaking book by award-winning science writer and bestselling author of Why We Get Fat and The Case for Keto shows us that almost everything we believe about the nature of a healthy diet is wrong.
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. Yet despite this advice, we have seen unprecedented epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Taubes argues that the problem lies in refined carbohydrates, like white flour, easily digested starches, and sugars, and that the key to good health is the kind of calories we take in, not the number.
Called “a very important book,” by Andrew Weil and …” destined to change the way we think about food,” by Michael Pollan, this groundbreaking book by award-winning science writer Gary Taubes shows us that almost everything we believe about the nature of a healthy diet is wrong.
Critic Reviews
“If Taubes were inclined to sensationalism, he might have titled this book The Great Low-Fat Diet Hoax. Instead, he tackles the subject with the seriousness and scientific insight it deserves, building a devastating case against the low-fat, high-carb way of life endorsed by so many nutrition experts in recent years. With diabetes and heart disease at stake as well as obesity, those ‘experts’ owe us an abject apology.” (Barbara Ehrenreich)
“Good Calories, Bad Calories is a remarkable accomplishment. From a mountain of diverse scientific evidence Gary Taubes has drawn an amazingly detailed and compelling picture of how diet, obesity, and heart disease link together–and how some of the world’s most important medical researchers got the story colossally wrong. Taubes proves, I think beyond doubt, that the dietary advice we’ve been given for the last three decades by the federal government and the major medical bodies rests on, shall we say, a slender empirical base.” (Charles C. Mann, author of 1491)
“A brave and bold science journalist . . . Taubes does not bow to the current fashion for narrative nonfiction, instead building his argument case by case . . . much of what Taubes relates will be eye-opening.” (The New York Times Book Review)
“Fascinating . . . Mr. Taubes has a gift for turning complex scientific principles into engaging narrative.” (The Wall Street Journal)
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- Anonymous User
- 07-10-2024
Insightful, thorough and important work.
A compelling theory, supported by both contemporary and historical evidence. Certainly, it deserves the serious attention (& action) of public authorities.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-11-2022
Brilliant book, brilliantly read
Excellent, well informed, extensively researched book, read with passion and emphasis as though it were by the author himself.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-11-2022
Best advice for food nutrition science
I really liked this book, Gary Taubes goes into every (and any) bit of relevant research on food science for over 100 years and meticulously outlines where and how, things have ended up the way they are today - fatter, sicker and lazier than ever before whilst people follow useless guidelines!
Because it is highly detailed it might put some people off as being a bit 'dry', but I love the detail, so I really enjoyed how thoroughly he went over things and explained them in a way I could follow and understand.
I have read a number of books on food nutrition science and I can say this is by far the most informative and best there is. If you don't 'get it' after reading this book, then I don't think you ever will!
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