Gary Taubes on EconTalk
Gary Taubes, author of Good Calories, Bad Calories, talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about what we know about the relationship between diet and disease. Taubes argues that for decades, doctors, the medical establishment, and government agencies encouraged Americans to reduce fat in their diet and increase carbohydrates in order to reduce heart disease. Taubes argues that the evidence for the connection between fat in the diet and heart disease was weak yet the consensus in favor of low-fat diets remained strong. Casual evidence (such as low heart disease rates among populations with little fat in their diet) ignores the possibilities that other factors such as low sugar consumption may explain the relationship. Underlying the conversation is a theme that causation can be difficult to establish in complex systems such as the human body and the economy.
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- Gary Taubes On Econtalk
Gary Taubes, author of Why We Get Fat, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about why we get fat and the nature of evidence in a complex system. The current mainstream view is that we get fat because we eat too much and don't exercise enough. Taubes...
- 60 Minutes: Is Sugar Toxic?
Link .................... Related link: Sugar: The Bitter Truth Related previous posts: Authors@Google: Robert Lustig Is Sugar Toxic? - By Gary Taubes Specialty Health Interviews Gary Taubes and Dr. Thomas Dayspring FiveBooks Interview: Gary Taubes...
- Specialty Health Interviews Gary Taubes And Dr. Thomas Dayspring
Found via Jimmy Moore. This was recorded on December 15th of last year. Link Link Link Link Link Link Link ................... Related books: Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It The Primal Blueprint The New Evolution Diet Related previous posts:...
- Gary Taubes: Catching Up On Lost Time - Part Ii
For Part 1, go HERE. When last we left off, the subject was the food reward/palatability hypothesis of obesity and why I find it so unconvincing and problematic. This post is going to address that issue by first discussing three new papers published on...
- The Farnam Street Blog Reviews “why We Get Fat” By Gary Taubes
Great review of a book that has been mentioned several times on this blog. Link to review: Why We Get Fat ……………….. Book: Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It Related previous posts: Is Sugar Toxic? - By Gary Taubes Gary Taubes Talk on Why...