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EventsIs fat killing you, or is sugar?
, medical review by Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt, MD
in Failed low-fat diets, Gary Taubes, History of low-carb diets, Saturated fat, Sugar/fructose 
Is it the fat or the sugar in your diet that is causing harm? Here’s an interesting article and historical account of that question – going through everything from the great fat-scare in the mid-20th century to the impact of pioneering journalist Gary Taubes:
The New Yorker: Is Fat Killing You, or Is Sugar?
However, beware of the not-so-up-to-date conclusion to eat everything in moderation. This conventional and “common sense” piece of advice has failed miserably for decades, illustrated by the exploding disasters of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
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Ghosts of Diets Past, Present and Future
The Rivalry Between Atkins and Ornish: Low Carb Vs. High Carb
Nina Teicholz’s Best-Seller “The Big Fat Surprise”: How the Low-Fat Diet Was Introduced to America
Not only is this a con job, it is a coverup. He is trying to coverup that the main stream nutritionists are backing away from their poorly run and accepted science that lead to the LFHC diet recommendations and their even worse public education policies about diet. The many flippant and sarcastic statements about Sylvia Tara, Gary Taubes and Atkins are bad enough. But the sentence that could me going was, "The importance of calories—if energy gained exceeds output, the excess becomes fat—remains one of the few unchallengeable facts in the field of dietary science." That is important only in the sense that it is a description of a symptom. It is NOT the cause of that symptom. If this article were scientific and not a political coverup, he would not have given importance to that description, which any obese 6 o 7 year old understands fully and painfully. Instead, he would have acknowledged that the LCHF people do challenge that description as a full and complete theory of what causes obesity. Grrrr....
And there are many more coverup type comments. Does anyone else have time to write about those? Thanks. (Where are you Dr. Eades?)
It is interesting that every time a new book comes out against sugar or carbs or the combination of both - processed foods there are all of these reviews discounting the authors. Hey maybe some is a little different but that is because we have swallowed the dogma for how many years? Yes, it goes without saying that I am a fan of Gary Taubes - one of the first people that got me on the path of LCHF.
As a type 2 Diabetic that was on a lot of medications to treat the disease including insulin. Who gained weight following the Canadian Diabetic Guidelines and had to increase the insulin by 100% in the first two weeks...wow something wrong there. I still have my guide book on what to eat - page one Grains and Starches - "starch foods are carbohydrates and raise blood sugars, but are part of a healthy diet". They even know it raises your blood sugars and yet you have to eat them. Not any more, nor do I take and diabetic meds any more either.
This battle is long from being over but I see more and more people starting to question what is going on with our health in general. We will still see all the negativity towards what goes against the mainstream food giants. With that, loved your post Nate! Looking forward to the next book by Gary Taubes.