Diet Doctor Podcast #1:
Gary Taubes
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Over the last two decades, investigative science journalist Gary Taubes has repeatedly put his tenacious, meticulous research and persuasive writing skills towards debunking the bad science and prevailing dogmas in nutrition. How do we turn bad science upside down?
Taubes gives his views on the difficulty of accomplishing high-quality nutrition studies and the consequences of the flawed studies that have dominated the field for too long.
About the video
Recorded in San Diego, July 2018, published in September 2018.
Host: Dr. Bret Scher
Cinematography: Giorgos Chloros
Camera operators: Giorgos Chloros, Jonatan Victor and Simon Victor
Sound: Dr. Bret Scher
Editing: Simon Victor
Table of contents
0:02 Introduction to the Diet Doctor podcast
1:45 Welcome, Gary Taubes
3:18 How did you find low carb?
6:35 Garys thoughts on good and bad science
15:50 Reactions on Gary’s take on nutritional science
21:00 Challenges with doing nutritional studies
25:57 The creation of NuSI (Nutrition Science Initiative)
31:50 Reflections of NuSI’s first study
41:00 Studies versus real life
47:06 Gary’s view on calories
50:40 What causes the obesity epidemic?
55:30 Final words
Over the last two decades, investigative science journalist Gary Taubes has repeatedly put his tenacious, meticulous research and persuasive writing skills towards debunking the bad science and prevailing dogmas in nutrition. How do we turn bad science upside down?
Taubes gives his views on the difficulty of accomplishing high-quality nutrition studies and the consequences of the flawed studies that have dominated the field for too long.
About the video
Recorded in San Diego, July 2018, published in September 2018.
Host: Dr. Bret Scher
Cinematography: Giorgos Chloros
Camera operators: Giorgos Chloros, Jonatan Victor and Simon Victor
Sound: Dr. Bret Scher
Editing: Simon Victor
