Comments on: Good Calories, Bad Calories is the Best Book Ever Written on Nutrition

By: The New High Intensity Training | Critical MAS

The New High Intensity Training | Critical MAS — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:12:37 +0000

[...] program, but it made perfect sense after reading those chapters. Much like the nutrition book Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes, it really is essential to understand how we came to know information that ended up [...]

By: Body By Science | Critical MAS

Body By Science | Critical MAS — Tue, 04 May 2010 01:21:48 +0000

[...] Taubes in the book Good Calories, Bad Calories, did a brilliant job researching all the medical literature on obesity research and came to the [...]

By: MAS

MAS — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:12:37 +0000

I don’t think there were many grains 10,000 years ago. No farming = no grains.

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:36:43 +0000

Okay thanks. But here is another question for you. If early man adhered to a paleo diet, which obviously he did for the most part, since refined carb foods didn’t exist. Then his diet must have included not only red meat and vegetables but whole grains as well. So mixing it up might not be as bad as Taubes seems to suggest.

What do you think?

By: MAS

MAS — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:43:08 +0000

Taubes will be releasing a shorter more user friendly version of GCBC. Digging into GCBC, you will find more researchers that make the same claims. The Primal Blueprint is a great book that is much easier to read than GCBC with more concrete advice.

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:31:32 +0000

I think this is a great book for reference and does make an excellent case in debunking the myths surrounding the causes of heart disease. The problem I have is it seems to take the author to much time to make specific points in a reasonable amount of time, which for me, makes it difficult to continue reading without boredom creeping in. I know its just me because I don’t read books a lot, I prefer DVD’s.

I have “FAt Head” reserved from my local library.

I’m beginning to believe that a porthouse steak is actually better for a person then say, a bowl of Cherrios. The problem is, this is the only book that makes such a claim that Im aware of, and there are numerous well known doctors out there That constantly recommend avoidly saturated fats religiously and advize more grain consumption.

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:43:14 +0000

I gave in and bought it last week. I’ll be starting it this week.

By: David Brown

David Brown — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:41:53 +0000

Taubes is writing a shorter version of GC,BC for non-nutrition geeks. Don’t know when it is scheduled for publication.

Taubes did not deal two important health issues, omega-6 fatty acids http://omega-6-omega-3-balance.omegaoptimize.com/2009/11/10/why-omega6-fats-matter-to-your-health.aspx and gut microbiota http://www.scribd.com/Gary%20Tiv .