Why We Get Fat
And What to Do About It
Recommended by Dr. Monali Y. Desai, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #6 in Low-Carb Cooking, Ranked #7 in Diet — see more rankings.
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... more
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Dr. Monali Y. Desai I get most of my information about nutrition from medical studies. I haven’t read any books about nutrition that I agree with 100%. These are a few nutrition related books that I’ve read recently that I thought were interesting: Eat to Live (Joel Fuhrman), Why We Get Fat (Gary Taubes), and The 4-Hour Body (Tim Ferris). (Source)
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Why We Get Fat is ranked in the following categories:
- #23 in Biochemistry
- #54 in Exercise
- #33 in Fitness
- #65 in Food
- #24 in Food Science
- #13 in Health
- #9 in Ketogenic Diet
- #10 in Nutrition
- #19 in Paleo Diet
- #64 in Physiology
- #12 in Sports Nutrition
- #10 in Weight Loss
- #58 in Wellness
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