TY - BOOK AU - Taubes,Gary TI - Good calories, bad calories: fats, carbs, and the controversial science of diet and health SN - 1400033462 AV - RM237.73 .T385 2007 U1 - 613.2/83 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Anchor KW - Low-carbohydrate diet KW - Weight loss KW - Carbohydrates, Refined KW - Physiological effect KW - Nutritionally induced diseases N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prologue : A brief history of banting --; pt. 1. The; fat-cholesterol hypothesis --; 1. The; Eisenhower paradox --; 2. The; inadequacy of lesser evidence --; 3; Creation of consensus --; 4. The; greater good --; pt. 2. The; carbohydrate hypothesis --; 5; Diseases of civilization --; 6; Diabetes and the carbohydrate hypothesis --; 7; Fiber --; 8. The; science of the carbohydrate hypothesis --; 9; Triglycerides and the complications of cholesterol --; 10. The; role of insulin --; 11. The; significance of diabetes --; 12; Sugar --; 13; Dementia, cancer, and aging --; pt. 3; Obesity and the regulation of weight --; 14. The; mythology of obesity --; 15; Hunger --; 16; Paradoxes --; 17; Conservation of energy --; 18; Fattening diets --; 19; Reducing diets --; 20; Unconventional diets --; 21. The; carbohydrate hypothesis, 1 : fat metabolism --; 22. The; carbohydrate hypothesis, 2 : insulin --; 23. The; fattening carbohydrate disappears --; 24. The; carbohydrate hypothesis, 3 : hunger and satiety --; Epilogue N2 - Not another diet book: After seven years of research in every science connected with the impact of nutrition on health, science writer Taubes shows that almost everything we believe about a healthy diet is wrong. We are taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more--yet we see unprecedented epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Taubes argues persuasively that the problem lies in refined carbohydrates, via their dramatic effect on insulin, and that the key to good health is the kind of calories we take in, not the number. He also argues that there is no compelling scientific evidence that saturated fat and cholesterol cause heart disease. Based on the evidence, he concludes that the only healthy way to remain lean is to eat fewer carbohydrates or to change the type of carbohydrates we eat.--From publisher description UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1110/2010284900-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1110/2010284900-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1110/2010284900-s.html ER -