Gary Taubes wrote the interesting and thought provoking Why We Get Fat-it’s all about the Carbs, the highly processed Carbs. In Good Calories, Bad Calories he picks up where he left off, continuing to put forth his theory about why the Western Diet is the greatest act of evil in human history. Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health reads like the footnotes from most other books. He talks at length about the many Diet Trials and the many doctors and the many government agencies who set out to prove how bad things…
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Why We Get Fat
Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It talks about how the world changed after World War II and how everyone who has been drinking the Calories In/Calories Out Kool Aide is wrong. Once upon a time some serious people studied why humans get fat, why rats get fat, and why old Doc Atkins was right. I have my own theories as to why no one cares-it has to do with the billions and billions of dollars made from fast food, dieting, supplements, exercise products, and doctors who have no interest whatsoever in curing anyone of anything. Ok,…