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Recommended Reading: Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

I read Gary Taubs’ earlier book Good Calories Bad Calories a few weeks ago, I followed it up with his newer book Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It. While it doesn’t have the same breadth of information as Good Calories it’s more clearly delivered and easier for non-technical-medial people to understand. Honestly I think it’s one of the better introductions to a ketogenic/high fat low carb diet that I’ve seen yet. Here’s some of the stuff I “took home” from the book. (more…)

By Chris|2021-09-17T11:17:37-06:00May 27th, 2015|Categories: About keto, Ketogenic Diet|Tags: nutrition, Weight loss, ketogenic, fasting, science|0 Comments

Great opinion from The Times – Cholesterol and Saturated Fat are OK now.

This entry is part 31 of 131 in the series Ketogenic Diet

You can read the full thing here: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/article4449967.ece?shareToken=7dba4f3ccd918bfcc1a900e04c14f6bb

Quick quote:

Indeed, the evidence that insisting on low-fat diets caused people to eat more carbohydrates, and that led to the explosion in obesity and diabetes, looks pretty strong — so far. After all, the main route by which the body lays down fat is to manufacture it from excess sugar in the liver. But why did carbohydrate consumption start to increase so rapidly in the 1960s? At least partly because of the advice to avoid meat and cheese. Obesity and diabetes are the price we have paid for getting fat and cholesterol so wrong.

How about a full, drains-up inquiry into how the medical and scientific profession made such an epic blunder and caused so much misery to people? Consider not just the damage that was done to people’s lives by faulty advice, but to the livelihoods of dairy and beef farmers and egg producers (I declare an interest as a very small producer of free-range eggs). Which has more sugar: an apple or an egg?

By Chris|2015-05-26T15:39:53-06:00May 26th, 2015|Categories: Ketogenic Diet, Weight Loss|Tags: science, saturated fat, nutrition, Weight loss, ketogenic|0 Comments

Recommended Reading: Good Calories, Bad Calories

This entry is part 29 of 131 in the series Ketogenic Diet

I’m finally finishing up Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health by Gary Taubes. He wrote another book “Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It” that apparently covers much of the same info but is simpler and easier to take in, I’m going to read it next. (more…)

By Chris|2021-09-17T11:06:15-06:00May 20th, 2015|Categories: Weight Loss, Ketogenic Diet|Tags: Weight loss, ketogenic, science|0 Comments