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Good Calories, Bad Calories

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Author: Gary Taubes
Publisher: Knopf
Category: Book

List Price: ~~$27.95~~
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

(203 reviews)
Sales Rank: 30596

Format: Roughcut
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 640
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.6 x 1.7

ISBN: 1400040787
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.283
EAN: 9781400040780
ASIN: 1400040787

Publication Date: September 25, 2007
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Interview helps understanding of book October 28, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

First, this book is an amazing work of scholarship. I discovered it through a radio interview with Gary Taubes. I found the interview extremely helpful in understanding the book and have listened to it several times.

(http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15886898)

After my triple bypass I starved on a lowfat diet for 14 years and managed to keep my weight and cholesterol down; but my HDL was always low and my triglycerides high. Two months after reading this book and cutting way down on carbs and starting to eat all the fats I had avoided for 14 years, my latest blood test showed my HDL up by 20% and triglycerides down by 50%; and waist size down 2" while losing 5 pounds. I feel noticably stronger, so I'm guessing that while I lost alot of fat around the middle I've probably put on some muscle.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent, relevant historical expose of nutritional dogma, but weak on omege-3/omega-6 issue October 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I consider this the best book ever on diet and health.

Taubes digs through the fascinating history and shows how big egos, bias, and politics have driven much of our conventional "wisdom" on diet and health. This book should be read by any one interested in diet and health.

The only shortcoming is that not enough attention is paid to the crucial role of excessive omega-6 fatty acids and the low levels of omege-3 fatty acids in the western diet--which drives much of chronic disease, together with high carbohydrate and high fructose diets.

4 out of 5 stars

A Life-Changing Experience of Einsteinian weight but on a personal level October 12, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

There are books that inform. There are books that educate. There are books that prescribe. Some books inspire. This is one of those.

In the accumulation of wisdom the most useful tool is an overarching explanation of a serious matter whether it is Warren Buffet explaining the core principles of successful investing or Albert Einstein giving us the key to understanding the universe.

Mr. Taubes has drawn together many threads of knowledge of human metabolism into a coherent explanation of how modern diet impacts us. I have, so far, bought three copies for relatives and friends.

By necessity, in order to influence the bastions of conventional wisdom, it is academic in tone and dry in its delivery. But those that read it with an open mind will gain immeasurably from the experience.

And the four star rating? A bit more editing could have made the information more easily digestible.

5 out of 5 stars

Read it. October 12, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

The book is hard to read, but it is well worth the effort. If you keep an open mind, it will definitely change the way you think--and eat. I admire the author's courage, because he is setting himself up for a wave of backlash from the establishment, even though all he is saying is "let's look carefully at the science."

1 out of 5 stars

Half-truths October 10, 2008
1 out of 22 found this review helpful

It is unfortunate that Taubes limits his viewpoint to out-dated research and focuses narrowly on a few food items, such as processed sugar and white rice, as the source of obesity and related health problems. This view is as narrow and incomplete as the research he derides. Taubes is correct in suggesting that there are powerful political forces at work in connection with research. Take for instance the United Dairymen and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association - both spend millions of dollars lobbying researchers so that we may continue to believe the completely false notion that cow's milk (which contains casein - a protein linked to various diseases, yes, including some forms of cancer) is healthy for us. Likewise, we have been taught that we need to eat meat for our protein, when the reality is that a diet rich in meat and dairy provides too much protein and is linked to osteporosis and digestive disease. I recommend reading The China Study to get the rest of the story. Taubes certainly doesn't tell it here which I'm sure big businesses, like those I've mentioned above, very much appreciate.

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