So I'm almost done reading Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes - very interesting. I've read almost every popular diet book out there in the last 15 years. This goes back to advocating the high-protein low-carb method. Last week I decided to try it out and see what happens during Lent. I'll report back the day after Easter. (I certainly don't want this to be a diet blog.)
I will say this book was super heavy on the Science - not a regular diet book - it has tons of references and studies which have been bunked and de-bunked. I love to read that stuff, but probably a lot of other general readers may not. A basic premise is that we've been sold a bill of goods since the 1970's that low fat is the best way to avoid obesity and heart disease. He lays out a strong case that it simply isn't true.
I found this online that summarizes his points rather well:
I will say this book was super heavy on the Science - not a regular diet book - it has tons of references and studies which have been bunked and de-bunked. I love to read that stuff, but probably a lot of other general readers may not. A basic premise is that we've been sold a bill of goods since the 1970's that low fat is the best way to avoid obesity and heart disease. He lays out a strong case that it simply isn't true.
I found this online that summarizes his points rather well:
Science tries hard not to be political - but it is.
Two other books good in this vein are Protein Power and The Zone.
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