Taubes tries to take Guyenet down

Gary Taubes has some 'advice' for Stephan

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[debbiedoesraw]

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Debbie Young

[hqlion]

Taubes clearly more rational and logical.

[alphacause]

@klawipet Taubes' full argument, having read his book and listened to his interviews/lectures, is a lot more nuanced than simply "Carbs are bad for all people". He states that refined flour and sugar, in high quantities as they appear in the west, cause metabolic derangement in SOME people, thus leading to obesity and its related diseases. The fact that Japanese/Chinese have had little sugar/refined flour in their diet, until recently, can explain the apparent paradox as to why they are thin.

[skipcharlie]

Why isn't protein fattening given the fact that high protein meals often elicit just as strong an insulin response as high-carb meals? I think this is one of the biggest problems with the insulin hypothesis.

[MrsPollen]

Go Gary. Image honest people out of these bias scientists. Keep your scientific journalistic investigative skills coming. You're so brilliant.

[SYunker]

i like to "oooohoooo..." at the end. indeed, lol.

[lovelylady1014]

Go GT!

[ncrb73]

Taubes shouldn't have wasted his breath.

[MichaelnChristine]

@karitonfood Interestingly we need to consider that as "People of wheat" in north American our diet had an important shift. Wheat today is not the plant it was in 1950. I am sure that gut permeability is part of the issue as is the change from saturated to omega 6 oil and low-quality carbs, extra sugar. Hell the 5% extra fructose in HFCS 55 probably hurt.

[alphacause]

@karitonfood I suspect the reason that Asians, eating a traditional diet, rich in rice, don't suffer from metabolic issues, is because their diet is high in fiberous vegetables and in tropical based oils. The combination of a rich fiber content along with the fats of these oils blunt the insulin spiking effects of their refined carb intake. Secondly ,sugar has properties, which make it particularly bad for your metabolism. Just watch "Sugar The Bitter Truth" by Robert Lustig, on YouTube.

[karitonfood]

@alphacause White polished rice is a carbohydrate food as refined as it can possibly get. And all Asians eat plenty of that. So why would flour and sugar be bad as opposed to white polished rice?