387: Gary Taubes - Are Carbs Making You Fat?

Jan 12, 2021

01:33:06

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Gary Taubes (@garytaubes) is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative. He is the author of The Case Against Sugar, Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It, and Good Calories, Bad Calories, which was published as The Diet Delusion in the UK.

Gary just release a new book at the end of 2020 titled The Case for Keto: Rethinking Weight Control and the Science and Practice of Low-Carb/High-Fat Eating.

In this episode, we discuss:

Gary studying physics in college and due to his weight realized his dreams of being an astronaut wouldn't happen
Why low-fat diets became popular
The start of Gary's journalism career doing investigative reporting
Gary's fascination with bad science
If we can't trust science, who do we go to for information about health and wellness?
The case for keto making people healthier
The ketogenic diet defined
The history of ketogenic diets
A carb restricted diet is a high-fat diet
Stop being afraid of fat
Gary limits starches, grains, and sugar in his diet
When your partner isn't on board with the same dietary philosophy
Eating the foods we were programmed to think would kill us
How low-carb diets affect cholesterol and do you need a statin?
Being one of the drivers of the low-carb revolution
Obesity is an insulin signalling disorder
Fat is the one nutrient that doesn't stimulate insulin
Sex hormones play a huge role in obesity
Conventional nutrition wisdom is feeding us the wrong information
Our parents' generation was taught "If you don't want to be fat, you had to eat carbs."
The obesity prevalence has tripled since 1980
What is cephalic phase secretion?
The misinterpretation that obesity is caused by eating
Experimenting with intermittent fasting and time-restricted eating
Do you have a carbohydrate addiction?
You are not confined to a diet, you are adhering to being healthy

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