The Elusive Benefits of Undereating and Exercise: from Why We Get Fat
Feb 2017 · Sold by Vintage
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It should come as no surprise that low calorie and low fat diets rarely accomplish what they are expected to do—improve health and slim waistlines. Likewise, exercise, however beneficial it may be to fitness, only increases appetite and so often hinders weight loss.
In this sharp and persuasive piece, acclaimed and bestselling science writer Gary Taubes exposes erroneous nutritional guidelines and finally provides evidence to curb misguided “calories-in, calories-out” model for why we get fat.
A Vintage Shorts Wellness selection. An ebook short.
In this sharp and persuasive piece, acclaimed and bestselling science writer Gary Taubes exposes erroneous nutritional guidelines and finally provides evidence to curb misguided “calories-in, calories-out” model for why we get fat.
A Vintage Shorts Wellness selection. An ebook short.
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November 7, 2018
Its an executive summary of someone lines of reasoning in why the established dietary principles may not make sense. That's it, no summary of things that are effective. If you've read any one of the three books ignore this one, you already know the contents. Don't waste your money like I did
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Peter Stuifzand
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April 23, 2017
Short, but give some insight into the problems with the interpretation of the research. Also sheds some light on the questions about weight loss.
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About the author
Gary Taubes is cofounder and senior scientific advisor of the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI). He's an award-winning science and health journalist, the author of The Case Against Sugar, Why We Get Fat and Good Calories, Bad Calories, and a former staff writer for Discover and correspondent for the journal Science. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and Esquire, and has been included in numerous Best of anthologies, including The Best of the Best American Science Writing (2010). He has received three Science in Society Journalism Awards from the National Association of Science Writers. He is also the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research. He lives in Oakland, California.
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