What You'll Learn:
According to Gary Taubes, the most pressing public health problem facing the world right now is obesity. It was not just concern about the obesity epidemic but also the pervasive misinformation surrounding it that motivated Taubes to write this book. He maintains that the common assumptions about how weight is gained and lost have left millions ill-equipped to manage their weight effectively. In Why We Get Fat, he shows us where the true problem lies, and what we can do about it.
Key Insights:
- Obesity is a hormone problem—not a calorie problem.
- Exercising more and eating less are both ineffective and counterintuitive strategies for losing weight.
- The eat-less/move-more approach to weight loss is not only dead wrong, but dangerous.
- Diets work only when carbohydrate-rich foods are cut out or significantly reduced.
- The chief objections to the carb-restricted diet are unconvincing.
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