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Grains, begone! Credit: Josy Bloggs Back in 2002, the science writer Gary Taubes was, to much of the medical establishment, a pariah. Taubes had authored an article for The New York Times Magazine called “What If It’s All Been a Big Fat Lie?” From the piece’s beginning to its end, Taubes cast doubt on the medical orthodoxy that low-fat diets were helpful for weight loss. Low-fat diets, he said, were likely to be partially responsible for America’s ballooning obesity crisis (mirrored here in Britain). The evidence was beginning to indicate, Taubes wrote, that a diet low in carbs and...

In his new book "The Case for Keto," science journalist and dietary heretic Gary Taubes takes on the skeptics.

Review: Keto isn't sustainable, or is it? In his new book "The Case for Keto," science journalist and dietary heretic Gary Taubes takes on the skeptics. 7:18 am, Jan. 10, 2021 × ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Hard to believe it's been 18 years since the publication of "What if it's All Been a Big Fat Lie?" a comically upsetting, and by now somewhat-legendary 2002 cover story for the New York Times magazine. The issue came out just after the Fourth of July weekend, featuring a ginormous porterhouse under a pat of butter on its cover, and served up a surprisingly effective beatdown ...

A nutrition journalist and keto advocate defends 'fad' diets, saying mainstream advice doesn't work for everybody INSIDER 1/6/2021 © Hollis Johnson/INSIDER Hollis Johnson/INSIDER Keto was ranked among the worst diets for the third year in a row by nutrition experts for its high saturated fat, low fiber, and strict limits on carbohydrates. Low-carb advocates like Gary Taubes say keto diets work for people who have struggled to lose weight with mainstream nutrition advice to eat whole grains and avoid too much fat.  While research is ongoing about whether keto really works better, we mig...

» A nutrition journalist dieted his whole life and still gained weight. Then he tried the keto diet, and 'it was like a switch being flipped.' A nutrition journalist dieted his whole life and still gained weight. Then he tried the keto diet, and 'it was like a switch being flipped.' Gabby LandsverkDec 22, 2020, 21:02 IST Kirsten Lara Getchell/Courtesy of Penguin Random House Journalist and low-carb advocate Gary Taubes argues in new book "A Case for Keto" that mainstream nutrition advice leaves some people overweight and unhealthy by recommending too many carbohydrates. Instead, Taubes' ma...