Award-winning science journalist Taubes follows his Good Calories,
Bad Calories (2007) with this eminently more reader-friendly explanation
of the dangers of dietary carbohydrates. If the USDA dietary guidelines.
recommending that highly caloric grains and carbohydrates comprise 45
to 65 percent of daily caloric intake.are so healthy, why, he asks, has
obesity among Americans been on the upswing? Why has this same diet,
endorsed by the American Heart Association, not managed to reduce the
incidence of heart disease? And, finally, he asks why mainstream health
experts continue to promote the notably unscientific notion of .calories
in/calories out. as the single focus of weight management? After explaining
in layperson.s terms the science that debunks the idea that weight control
is a matter of burning more calories than one consumes, Taubes offers an
alternative viewpoint: no carbs. While his recommendation to eliminate
carbohydrates (grains, fruits, sugars, etc.) from one.s diet is not
necessarily a new one, Taubes does present compelling supporting evidence
that many, if not all, people should consider at least severely limiting
carbohydrates in their diet

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