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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: 29747

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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This book motivated me to look for myself.... August 17, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful

This book was a real eye-opener for me. I highly recommend it. It is tough to be told that you have been mislead by people you trusted. It's even harder to accept that what you have been eating to improve your health has been causing your problems; and even harder to believe that the food you were told not to eat is exactly what you need to eat to be healthy.

So I was very curious to see if Gary Taubes was correct about scientists in nutrition being less than forthright with their datasets. I found a copy of the China Diet Study (Dr. T. Colin Campbell) and analyzed the dataset for myself (http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/~china/monograph/chdata.htm).

I correlated Body Mass Index (BMI) to diet. I found that animal protein and animal fat correlated to lower BMI, and vegetable oil, starch and sugar correlated to higher BMI. (The worst offender was wheat flour). I also checked heart disease and stroke; and found basically the same result. The data supported Taubes' thesis 100%.

This dataset from China has nothing to do with Gary's book other than to serve as an independent check on his conclusions. Using this dataset I personally verified (to my satisfaction) Taubes' point that what the scientist's tell us about our diets is just plain unreliable; and specifically verified that eating a diet of meat and vegetables will both lower your weight and suppress heart disease.

Taubes' book is worth reading if you want to find the truth of the matter yourself. The extensive reference list is highly "internet friendly", enabling you to check and follow up on any detail of specific interest. He isn't preaching at you, trying to convert you to his diet plan. His book teaches, with an entertaining emphasis that highlights the disparities between what we have been led to believe vs what the experts actually knew (and when they knew it).

5 out of 5 stars

Bad Science/Bad Food July 19, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

The text is not an easy read, given the plethora of research citations.
I found it helpful to read the prologue and epilogue prior to reading
the meat and potatoes between the two. Taubes'conclusions appear to
reflect his review of the relevant literature on the subject. If you
accept his conclusions your food choices would change, unless you have
been following Atkins already. I feel the book is a must read for
anyone concerned about food consumption and its impact upon health.
It is not a diet book per se, but rather an examination of research,
good and bad, on the effects of ingesting varied food products.

2 out of 5 stars

Good Book, Bad Book July 15, 2008
5 out of 32 found this review helpful

PROS: Meticulous research. Well argued. Data rich.

CONS:
* Dated data: Most of the studies Taubes cites are from before 1960. He implies that in the 1960s there was a vast conspiracy led by a few researchers with a low-fat/high carb agenda. Taubes argues that they crushed all research into the utility of low-carb diets.

* Verbose: Taubes takes a long time to make a point. The book didn't get interesting until page 250. And even then, it was tedious getting through it.

* Little mention of exercise: He rarely cites the impact exercise has on weight loss. He implies it has little impact.

* Short on concrete advice: Taubes never says this is a diet book, but after all the amazing research he did, it's a shame he didn't give more practical dieting advice. The few words in the Epilogue leave you wanting more.

WHO WOULD LOVE THIS BOOK: Those who want to know all the nitty gritty details about dieting research prior to 1960. Those who like conspiracy theories. Those who like heavy, data rich academic tomes.

CONCLUSION: I wouldn't recommend this book to most people. It's not terribly readable or practical. The argument is interesting, but not convincing since he ignores most research done after 1960. Taubes spends a lot of time talking about pre-1960 research! He mostly ignores post-1960 research when formulating his arguments by dismissing most of the post-1960 research as being funded by special interests or run by researchers with an special agenda.

MY BIAS: I admit I have the opposite bias that Taubes has: I trust post-1960 research more than pre-1960 research. He seems to believe the opposite. If you buy his argument, then you'll love this book. I didn't.

5 out of 5 stars

Very informative July 11, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

Unbelievably rich with convincing information about the evils of carbohydrates. It is a bit think with scientific jargon but learning it is quick. As a self-proclaimed "foodie," I found some of the information about carbs depressing but I'm so glad I read this while I'm still young and can make adjustments to my diet.

5 out of 5 stars

This book changed my life. July 3, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

Good Calories Bad Calories is a book about science, not a diet book. But armed with Taubes' insights and research, I made some obvious changes to my eating habits, and dropped 30 pounds in 5 months. With not so much effort and, with the help of Pollan et al, with fine, diverse, tasty food.

One criticism that Michael Pollan makes (in In Defense of Food) is that the critical skepticism Taubes brings to the low-fat/low-calorie hypotheses that have become conventional wisdom is not as evident in his treatment of the "carbohydrate question." A real criticism, but one that doesn't detract from the value of the book for me personally.

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