link text I’m all for eating grass fed beef and avoiding factory fed. I read Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Eating Animals” and found it compelling. But it is expensive. I’m not sure …

I've having a regular Paleogasm here! On the first episode of BBC's 3-part series, they've: - Had positive talking points from Lustig and Taubes, as well as former and current ind …

There's obviously a burgeoning literature on the Paleo/Primal movement, but in my experience most books (or more often, jankety PDFs and Kindle files) seem to combine some science …

In his latest salvo in the carb/insulin vs food reward battle, Gary Taubes writes (emphasis mine): Well, for starters, the food reward/palatability hypothesis can’t explain …

In Good Calories, Bad Calories and The Primal Blueprint, both authors state that it is impossible to gain weight without carbohydrates because insulin is required. Sorry, I don't …

Check me here. Taubes proposed that carbs cause chronically high insulin levels; this ultimately causes insulin resistance and diabetes/metabolic syndrome (and associated obesity …

I haven't really been paying too much attention to my salt intake in thinking that I know I'm not taking in too much, but after reading that, I might actually be taking in too litt …

After his appearance on Dr. Oz on which he declined to reveal what his cholesterol numbers were because he hadn't had a lipid panel run in a long time. At the urging of his family …

Sorry, but for some reason I just can't figure this one out on my own so maybe you all can help! If fat doesn't make you fat, according to Taubes why is it that I feel we are const …

So I'm looking for more books. Paleo/nutrition books. Like I always am. I loved Good Calories, Bad Calories by Taubes, I loved Robb's Paleo Solution, and I'm looking for more. S …

I keep reading short snippets on my blogroll about how Gary Taubes was irrational, egomaniacal, etc., and would like to hear the dirt directly from any of you who were at AHS. App …

http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2011/08/ancestral-health-symposium-drama.html Do you think his rebuttal is solid?

Very surprised to find a mainstream email today from FastCompany today linking infographic about how pasta and bread, not bacon are the source of the obesity epidemic. Cites Taub …

According to this comment, Peter has not allowed through Stephan’s comment in rebuttal to his critique (this could well be software issue though – I hate trying to post comments on …

Via http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/10/02/magazine/29mag-food-issue.html?ref=magazine#/health Should I Be Afraid of Low-Calorie Sugar Substitutes? BY GARY TAUBES T …