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Could they have gotten it wrong? All those doctors, all those dieticians? The American Heart Association? The federal government? For decades now they've been telling us to eat a low fat, low cholesterol diet for our health, that saturated fat and cholesterol were the cause of heart disease, that excess fat in the diet was the cause of obesity, that cutting out meat and eggs and butter would make us slim and healthy and prolong our lives. Could they have really gotten it all wrong? And if so, how?

Gary Taubes answers these questions, answers them brilliantly, and in depth. This book is not a quick read, but it is never short of fascinating. It is also alarming -- alarming to realize just what flimsy evidence all the low fat propaganda was based on, how little reason there ever was to believe that a low fat diet did anything positive at all.

Because I write about low carbohydrate diets (1001 Low-Carb Recipes: Hundreds of Delicious Recipes from Dinner to Dessert That Let You Live Your Low-Carb Lifestyle and Never Look Back), I was fortunate enough to be invited to hear Gary Taubes speak, both at the Mizzou School of Life Sciences, and to the Boone County Medical Association. He was extremely compelling; I recommend you look him up on youtube, and listen to him, particularly the longer lectures that are available. I promise you will not be bored.

In particular, during the talk at the Mizzou School of Life Sciences, he spoke about all the doctors and researchers he contacted, and the two questions he worked in during the conversation with each one. They all agreed that insulin was the fat storage hormone, that excess insulin stimulates fat storage. Yet asked what causes obesity, they all parroted "It's just calories in, calories out."

Smart, educated people have been brainwashed, and they include most of the medical profession, and the folks who come up with our government's dietary recommendations. You owe it to yourself to read Taubes' explanation of just how wrong they are.Get more detail about Good Calories, Bad Calories.