
gary taubes
@garytaubes
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Author of Rethinking Diabetes, The Case for Keto, The Case Against Sugar, Why We Get Fat, Good Calories, Bad Calories, Bad Science, and Nobel Dreams
Oakland, California
Joined June 2009
Why challenge the dogma about why we get fat? . Because the idea that we get fat because we overeat -- consciously or unconsciously- explains little to nothing. How about a century-old perspective instead?. Nutrition & Health News This Week
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RT @reason: How good is RFK Jr.'s nutrition advice? According to @garytaubes, it's much better than some of his medical advice. https://t.c….
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Science journalist Gary Taubes discusses the MAHA Report, new dietary guidelines, and bad nutrition science.
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RT @VincentArtale: The Curious Lessons of Calorie Restriction by @garytaubes . What can we learn about aging well from the "potential downs….
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I'm confused. When @KevinH_PhD starts sounding like me publicly--suggesting the primary problem with the American diet is the sugar content--I have to consider the possibility that finally we're both right.
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RT @StewartKnoepp: @garytaubes @GordySlack @Metabolic_Mind Excellent article, thanks. Just read both of these books. Georgia Ede's book is….
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RT @janellison: If I'd read an article like this when our son had his first manic episode back in 2016, I would have immediately offered to….
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This is a terrific article by @GordySlack on using ketogenic diets for mental illness. @Metabolic_Mind .
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A growing body of scientific evidence suggests the ketogenic diet could be effective for treating psychiatric disorders.
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RT @Metabolic_Mind: Are low carb and ketogenic diets being misrepresented by flawed nutrition studies?. In this video, @bschermd breaks dow….
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RT @Metabolic_Mind: Is nutrition research getting the support it needs to inform public health policy?. Despite the rise in chronic disease….
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RT @Square1Wellness: Super video with @garytaubes and @ifixhearts I don't know about you but I prefer the "diet by health" and not the "d….
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RT @AKoutnik: I live with an IRREVERSIBLE metabolic disease. I was invited to Washington D.C., to share my 17-year journey with chronic dis….
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Nicely summarized and worth a read.
@fmfclips 🧵1/. Excuse me, what gives?.We’re eating less red meat per capita than decades ago. 🍗 Poultry replaced beef.🌽 Seed oils replaced butter/lard.🥗 Ultra-processed plants dominate.So why are colorectal cancer rates rising in young adults?.📉🥩📈🧠.🔗 2/
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RT @davidludwigmd: “Pathological” science?. To solve the chronic disease epidemics, we need to get the research right. @garytaubes on the….
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Signs that the paradigm is shifting (i.e, we've made progress): . The 90-y-o's working out at the Y are breakfasting on sausage and eggs in a spinach wrap. The longevity influencer is urging his clients to cut back on sugar.
My essay today in @wsj is part of our ongoing look at the pursuit of longevity. We also held a Live Q and A with @EricTopol about living longer/healthier. That conversation is still available to read here:
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NIH Nutrition Research Takes it on the Chin . Last month, @KevinH_PhD, the "top" nutrition researcher at NIH, took early retirement, citing censored by the MAHA folks. A week later, the BMJ and STAT publish articles by @davidludwigmd and collaborators asserting that the NIH
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