I am leaving my originsl review of this book here (below) but ten years later and I have completely, utterly changed my mind. This book is generally bullshit.
NOTE: This review (below) is old and completely wrong. I leave it here as a reminder of how easy it is for authors to mislead
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Still in the first part of this book, but so far it is a thorough overview of the history of medical research into diet. It has almost completely shattered my view of the state of government-funded research in America. It is disturbing to discover that everything you have heard about healthy eating your whole life might be totally wrong.
Taubes makes critical errors throughout. The voluminous footnotes gives the appearance of a thorough researcher, but given that he generally misinterprets, slants and selectively quotes them all, the volume only serves to mask his bias. His foundation is equally problematic. Here is a very thorough recap
The current science shows that the makeup of the diet doesn’t really matter. In other words, in the end, it really is just Calories In/Calories Out.
NOTE: This review (below) is old and completely wrong. I leave it here as a reminder of how easy it is for authors to mislead
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Still in the first part of this book, but so far it is a thorough overview of the history of medical research into diet. It has almost completely shattered my view of the state of government-funded research in America. It is disturbing to discover that everything you have heard about healthy eating your whole life might be totally wrong.