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

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.

By: Dr. CE Andrews

Dr. CE Andrews — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:03:16 +0000

I love when people who did not goto medical school use 1970’s data to give medical advice.

By: Josef Brandenburg

Josef Brandenburg — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:36:15 +0000

Berg’s
and Lehninger’s

By: James

James — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:37:47 +0000

“As a nerd, I keep two different biochemistry textbooks in my office to read for fun.”

As a nerd, I must ask: which two?