Why We Get Fat

Why We Get Fat

by Gary Taubes

2 mentors recommend this 257 pages

This book is an eye-opening, myth-shattering examination of what makes us fat, from acclaimed science writer Gary Taubes. In his New York Times best seller, Good Calories, Bad Calories, Taubes argued that our diet's overemphasis on certain kinds of carbohydrates -- not fats and not simply excess calories -- has led directly to the obesity epidemic we face today. The result of thorough research, keen insight, and unassailable common sense, Good Calories, Bad Calories immediately stirred controver

ISBN: 9780307272706

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Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin

Author

"I was persuaded to adopt a low-carb approach to eating when I read Why We Get Fat."

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Bill Gurley

Bill Gurley

Finance & Investing

"A toned down, more reader friendly, less technical version of [the author's] 2008 New York Times best seller."

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