In my most recent book, THE CASE FOR KETO, I argue that the established rules about weight control and eating healthy are wrong, and why eating less and exercising more is the wrong approach to weight control for those of us (perhaps a couple of hundred million Americans) who put on fat all too easily. I discuss the science behind low-carbohydrate, high-fat/ketogenic diets and why keto, or something very close to it, may be necessary to achieve and maintain a healthy weight for life. Ask me anything about weight control and the ketogenic diet.
My latest book, The Case Against Sugar, argues that sugar is the new tobacco: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick. Ask me anything about sugar and its effects on our health, diet, American’s history with sugar, and our addiction to sweets.
I'm Gary Taubes, author of the bestsellers "Good Calories, Bad Calories" and "Why We Get Fat." As a longtime science journalist, I focus mainly on scientific and nutritional controversies. My latest piece, "Big Sugar's Sweet Little Lies," is featured at MotherJones.com this Halloween morning. Cristin Kearns Couzens and I use internal documents to show how the sugar industry has managed to dilute the scientific evidence implicating sugar in a host of deadly diseases. Read the story here, and ask me anything about dietary sugar, fat, cho