Taubes: Good Calories, Bad Calories

I'm a sucker for these types of books:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140...310_pe_snp_787

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Taubes's eye-opening challenge to widely accepted ideas on
nutrition and weight loss is as provocative as was his 2001 NewYork Times
Magazine article, What if It's All a Big Fat Lie? Taubes (Bad Science), a
writer for Science magazine, begins by showing how public health data has
been misinterpreted to mark dietary fat and cholesterol as the primary
causes of coronary heart disease. Deeper examination, he says, shows that
heart disease and other diseases of civilization appear to result from
increased consumption of refined carbohydrates: sugar, white flour and white
rice. .......

Looks like an interesting book. Too bad the pre-order is so expensive...


"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
...
I'm a sucker for these types of books:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140...310_pe_snp_787

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Taubes's eye-opening challenge to widely accepted ideas on
nutrition and weight loss is as provocative as was his 2001 NewYork Times
Magazine article, What if It's All a Big Fat Lie? Taubes (Bad Science), a
writer for Science magazine, begins by showing how public health data has
been misinterpreted to mark dietary fat and cholesterol as the primary
causes of coronary heart disease. Deeper examination, he says, shows that
heart disease and other diseases of civilization appear to result from
increased consumption of refined carbohydrates: sugar, white flour and
white rice. .......

Roger Zoul wrote:
I'm a sucker for these types of books:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140...310_pe_snp_787



I too am a sucker for the book, but it looks like a heavy read at 640 pages.

And, it costs a little more because of the heft. But Amazon is still
selling it at about a 34% discount, similar to all of their other such
books. So, it is about $18 which isn't all that expensive anymore for a
new hardback. In a year or two, it will be in paperback for maybe
$12.95 or $14.95 at Amazon discount prices.


I rather like the additional hooks from Amazon below. It has been a
long time in the writing.

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Review
“Gary Taubes's Good Calories, Bad Calories is easily the most important
book on diet and health to be published in the past one hundred years.
It is clear, fast-paced and exciting to read, rigorous, authoritative,
and a beacon of hope for all those who struggle with problems of weight
regulation and general health--as who does not? If Taubes were a
scientist rather than a gifted, resourceful science journalist, he would
deserve and receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine.”
-Richard Rhodes, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

“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

Jim wrote:
:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: I'm a sucker for these types of books:
:::
:::
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140...310_pe_snp_787
:::
:::
::
:: I too am a sucker for the book, but it looks like a heavy read at
:: 640 pages.
::
:: And, it costs a little more because of the heft. But Amazon is still
:: selling it at about a 34% discount, similar to all of their other
:: such books. So, it is about $18 which isn't all that expensive
:: anymore for a
:: new hardback. In a year or two, it will be in paperback for maybe
:: $12.95 or $14.95 at Amazon discount prices.
::
::
:: I rather like the additional hooks from Amazon below. It has been a
:: long time in the writing.
::

Don't forget this one:

The Diet Delusion (Hardcover) by Taubes

Curiously, it's also 640 pp.

Kind of odd...

Here's an interview with Taubs:

http://tinyurl.com/2lrpkv

I think its for this same book and that they changed the name.

Mike


"Jim" wrote in message
...
Roger Zoul wrote:
I'm a sucker for these types of books:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140...310_pe_snp_787


I too am a sucker for the book, but it looks like a heavy read at 640
pages.

And, it costs a little more because of the heft. But Amazon is still
selling it at about a 34% discount, similar to all of their other such
books. So, it is about $18 which isn't all that expensive anymore for a
new hardback. In a year or two, it will be in paperback for maybe $12.95
or $14.95 at Amazon discount prices.


I rather like the additional hooks from Amazon below. It has been a long
time in the writing.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Review
“Gary Taubes's Good Calories, Bad Calories is easily the most important
book on diet and health to be published in the past one hundred years. It
is clear, fast-paced and exciting to read, rigorous, authoritative, and a
beacon of hope for all those who struggle with problems of weight
regulation and general health--as who does not? If Taubes were a scientist
rather than a gifted, resourceful science journalist, he would deserve and
receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine.”
-Richard Rhodes, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

“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

Impressive reviews.

(Yes, I read them. -at least what you quoted)

My experience has been that the truth is not marketable. So, in a year,
these (this one and the one later in the thread) may be a bargain from used
book sellers.



"Jim" wrote in message
...
Roger Zoul wrote:
I'm a sucker for these types of books:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140...310_pe_snp_787


I too am a sucker for the book, but it looks like a heavy read at 640
pages.

And, it costs a little more because of the heft. But Amazon is still
selling it at about a 34% discount, similar to all of their other such
books. So, it is about $18 which isn't all that expensive anymore for a
new hardback. In a year or two, it will be in paperback for maybe $12.95
or $14.95 at Amazon discount prices.


I rather like the additional hooks from Amazon below. It has been a long
time in the writing.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Review
“Gary Taubes's Good Calories, Bad Calories is easily the most important
book on diet and health to be published in the past one hundred years. It
is clear, fast-paced and exciting to read, rigorous, authoritative, and a
beacon of hope for all those who struggle with problems of weight
regulation and general health--as who does not? If Taubes were a scientist
rather than a gifted, resourceful science journalist, he would deserve and
receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine.”
-Richard Rhodes, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

“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

On Sep 12, 8:08 pm, "Cubit" wrote:
Impressive reviews.

My experience has been that the truth is not marketable. So, in a year,
these (this one and the one later in the thread) may be a bargain from used
book sellers.

Hrm. DANDR was a huge bestseller.

I think insightful 640 page books (Dr. Mike Eades reported that he
read a draft that
was 1100+ pages, another a 900+, and a third somewhere between 640 and
900+)
are hard to sell to the masses, whose idea of a big read is Tuesdays
with Morrie.

I suspect that if it sell much, it will be punditized and dumbed down
for everyone
else, and probably twisted by the machine in the process. Mumbo Jumbo
indeed
rules the world.

Cubit wrote:
:: My experience has been that the truth is not marketable. So, in a
:: year, these (this one and the one later in the thread) may be a
:: bargain from used book sellers.

No doubt. I consider it $20 for entertainment.