Comments on: It Really Has Been A Big Fat Lie: An Interview With Gary Taubes on Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Carbohydrates

By: Terri Mazzei

Terri Mazzei — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:20:44 +0000

Great article!! It’s about time I am able to read something so honest on this www !!! Thank you. I am a certified nutritionist and I teach people every day, this is how you should eat. My high saturated fat – low carb diet has helped many people. Mostly those who I do not know personally. When it comes to helping my family, none of them believe me, even though I have set an example of being 114 pounds, a picture of good health, look 10 to 15 years younger, can out-do any of them with any athletic activity, but still they believe they will get heart disease. I have finally convinced my obese sister to try it. Being over 300+ pounds at 5’2″, she agreed. She has lost 14 pounds in 12 days. She is on all kinds of medications for high BP, the “so-called sinusitis” (which, in my opinion, is a big joke!) meds, and everything else that comes down the pike. She is loaded with Candida/fungus from all the carbs she eats which extends from the sinuses to the anus!!! Literally. All her calluses on her feet are going away, her sinuses are clearing up (no more junk), and she is feeling really good! HUM…she didn’t feel that way eating carbs !! I love watching the healing take place with just food, no drugs. It’s quite amazing and it boggles my mind that doctors aren’t even open to looking into the research. That’s right, they don’t have the time, they have too many patients to see in less then 15 minutes What a shame.

By: How to Make Homemade Beef Jerky | Primer

How to Make Homemade Beef Jerky | Primer — Thu, 26 May 2011 02:44:10 +0000

[...] considering what we know about carbs, the importance of protein and the ‘undemonization’ of fats, it all adds up to jerky [...]

By: How to Make Homemade Beef Jerky | Primer

How to Make Homemade Beef Jerky | Primer — Thu, 26 May 2011 02:44:10 +0000

[...] considering what we know about carbs, the importance of protein and the ‘undemonization’ of fats, it all adds up to jerky [...]

By: 100 Days of Fitness: Week 8 – Food Lies | Primer

100 Days of Fitness: Week 8 – Food Lies | Primer — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:57:12 +0000

[...] by Paul J. Rosch, M.D. of the American Institute of Stress), and that cholesterol from food doesn’t change cholesterol levels in your blood. None of that even addresses the fact you can advertise something as low-fat, [...]

By: DB @ Protein Supplements

DB @ Protein Supplements — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:03:54 +0000

I loved reading this. I watched Fat Head The Movie and it really enlightened me to the truth about diets, and it’s got to be said, it’s pretty scary how dangerous dietary myths become institutionalized…

…we’ve not really come that far since we burned witches, I guess!

By: 100 Days of Fitness: Week 2 – Nutrition | Primer

100 Days of Fitness: Week 2 – Nutrition | Primer — Mon, 03 May 2010 04:52:52 +0000

[...] seemed to make more sense than the science behind the “fat is bad” science. Our own Josef Brandenberg interviewed Gary Taubes, so if you don’t feel like reading through his 500 page textbook on calories, you can read [...]

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:15:20 +0000

Prescription I meant

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:14:07 +0000

I absolutely agree with Taubes. My cholesterol readings continue to confound my doctors. I eat a high fat/low carb diet, have an amazingly high HDL (2 times my LDL), have lost 25 lbs of fat, and am amazingly healthy thanx to low carb living. And I don’ t help to support the presciption drug industry !

By: It Really Has Been A BIG, FAT Lie – The Real Science Behind Dietary Fat, Cholesterol and Your Health | Josef Brandenburg's Fitness Blog

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:16:16 +0000

[...] first thing I saw was… the rest of this interview is published at Primer [...]

By: Eric Wargo

Eric Wargo — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:55:08 +0000

Great interview, Josef. It’s terrific you got Taubes to distill his findings to a manageable synopsis. The only problem with his book is it’s so long and dense I can never persuade people to read it! I’ll refer them to your interview now.

The worst obstacle, as he says here, is this notion people have, “Well, okay, reduce carbs, AND still eat low fat.” You can convince people of about carb part pretty easily, but people just look at you like you’re joking if you tell them fat is actually good for you.

By: Josef Brandenburg

Josef Brandenburg — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:21:45 +0000

Dr. Andrews, did you take a lot of nutrition classes in medical school?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:52:42 +0000

Dr Andrews – This interview is merely asking Taubes of his research, not offering medical advice. Taubes studied applied physics at Harvard and aerospace engineering at Stanford, and was awarded an MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship — he certainly has the education and experience to conduct the research that he’s discussing.

I’d love to hear how you disagree with his research.