Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780307272706 (0307272702)
Publish date: December 28th 2010
Publisher: Knopf
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Science,
Health,
Self Help,
Medical,
Sports,
Cooking,
Nutrition,
Fitness,
Diets
Definitely worth reading!
Definitely worth reading!
Let's start with, I get his thesis, too much carbohydrates in our diet, and we need to move to a more protein based diet. To a large extent I agree. However the quantity of fat he espouses in a diet isn't compatable with my body. And this is why I'm not scoring this book higher. He's talking abo...
Physical exercise doesn't work (but do it anyways more often than not because - unless you over do it - it will put you in a better mood than you otherwise would be, and everyone will be better off because of that).Starving doesn't work (but do it anyways from time to time if only to remind yourself...
I agree with the author's central premise: that the rise of the original "Food Pyramid," with its recommendation to base our diets on "whole grains," also known as carbohydrates, is a primary cause of overweight in the U.S. Taubes provides study after study, some going back a century or more, in sup...
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