I have not read Taubes but I do read almost all the announcements on nutrition science that hit reviews like ScienceDaily etc. From what you have said of him, I probably would agree with him. I find main stream nutritional science to be tawdy if not positively dishonest.
My view on fat is: trans fats are very dangerous, way too much fat is dangerous, way too little is more dangerous, cholesterol is important but dietary cholesterol is not as important (if you eat lots than the body makes less and vice versa), essential fatty acids are really essential and you will suffer without them, forget about the fat it them and like your grandmother believe that milk and eggs are great food, you need fat soluble vitamins.
In general, metabolism is a very regulated feedback system. Obesity is not about the number of calories you take in. It is about how much food, which kind of food, how much exercise, what kind of exercise, gender, age, genetic makeup, poisons/​disease. Carbohydrates can be made from fat and fat can be made from carbohydrate. The way to get too thin people to gain weight is not to feed them more but to alternate dieting with not dieting.
I live in France where people tend to be thin. They eat very, very well and lots. They eat fatty and protein-heavy foods. They eat all the good things: garlic, red wine, fish, fruit. They eat less carbohydrate than most Western countries.
I am borderline diabetic and hence my interest in this subject.
Yes, you are right. Carbohydrates can not be made from fat. Fatty acid are used to supply energy directly and not by being converted to carbohydrate first. Sorry to have been misleading. Thank you for the correction.
I have not read Taubes but I do read almost all the announcements on nutrition science that hit reviews like ScienceDaily etc. From what you have said of him, I probably would agree with him. I find main stream nutritional science to be tawdy if not positively dishonest. My view on fat is: trans fats are very dangerous, way too much fat is dangerous, way too little is more dangerous, cholesterol is important but dietary cholesterol is not as important (if you eat lots than the body makes less and vice versa), essential fatty acids are really essential and you will suffer without them, forget about the fat it them and like your grandmother believe that milk and eggs are great food, you need fat soluble vitamins. In general, metabolism is a very regulated feedback system. Obesity is not about the number of calories you take in. It is about how much food, which kind of food, how much exercise, what kind of exercise, gender, age, genetic makeup, poisons/​disease. Carbohydrates can be made from fat and fat can be made from carbohydrate. The way to get too thin people to gain weight is not to feed them more but to alternate dieting with not dieting. I live in France where people tend to be thin. They eat very, very well and lots. They eat fatty and protein-heavy foods. They eat all the good things: garlic, red wine, fish, fruit. They eat less carbohydrate than most Western countries. I am borderline diabetic and hence my interest in this subject.
Not in animals including humans.
Yes, you are right. Carbohydrates can not be made from fat. Fatty acid are used to supply energy directly and not by being converted to carbohydrate first. Sorry to have been misleading. Thank you for the correction.