Good Calories, Bad Calories

Good Calories, Bad Calories

2004 • 601 pages

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Average rating4

15

Want a TL;DR?
- You eat ~150lbs of sugar. every.single.year.
- Semi-starvation diets are statistically unlikely to help you lose weight
- Eating fat doesn't make you fat
- Eat less carbs -> feel less hungry
- It took quite the scientific, lobbying, and government recommendation journey for us to end up with our current beliefs of what a “healthy” diet is. It's an interesting story!

While I'm definitely glad I read this book, it took A LOT of effort to finish. I effectively skimmed the second half because it's just so dense. You'll learn a lot as you follow Taubes rants and raves, but at the end of the day, you just read his rants and raves.

August 9, 2017