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Good Calories Bad Calories is a must read - [07 Jun 2010]
Good Calories Bad Calories is an eye opening book that anyone who is interested in health should read. It is a very long and technical book which lays out the science of diet and health in a very thorough fashion. It explains how conventional wisdom has...
should read. It is a very long and technical book which lays out the science of diet and health...
www.amazon.com/review/RQ3WSI3S6...
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the guy is not qualified to draw the conclusions he's drawing - [01 May 2010]
Gary Taubes is not a scientist, nutritionist, or doctor. To be an actual scientist, you need to get a Phd in your field, which requires WAY more studying and WAY more lab work than an undergraduate degree. He studied applied physics and aerospace engineering...
to get a Phd in your field, which requires WAY more studying and WAY more lab work than ...
www.amazon.com/review/R1M10EHR8...
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Reformed Health Care Worker - [27 Apr 2010]
I've worked in hospitals or have been in a teaching position in health care since 1972. That entire time I marched to the unceasing drum of dietary-fat-and-cholesterol-lead-directly-to-heart-disease, now called the lipid theory of heart disease. It never...
entire time I marched to the unceasing drum of dietary-fat-and-cholesterol-lead-directly...
www.amazon.com/review/RTF37JI6I...
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For Academics Only!!! - [26 Apr 2010]
The author has done an amazing and scholarly job chronicling the history of nutritional research. However it was my great error to read the overwhelmingly positive reviews and conclude that this book would help me better understand nutrition from a layman...
However it was my great error to read the overwhelmingly positive reviews and conclude...
www.amazon.com/review/R3H0P6221...
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This is a "the history of dieting and nutrition book", not a information you can use book - [25 Apr 2010]
How did this book get 5 stars You REALLY need to look at this book at a book store and skim it if you think you want it. I got this book as it is a CrossFit recommend book and YUCK! I am 40, with 3 kids, a husband, etc. I have a life and not a ton of ...
it if you think you want it. I got this book as it is a CrossFit recommend book and YUCK!...
www.amazon.com/review/RRFZIFJOY...
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Admirably researched and written - [17 Apr 2010]
As a medical student I have little time to read outside of class textbooks; consequently I have piles of half-read titles collecting dust on my bookshelf. I bought "Good Calories, Bad Calories" for a spring break read and could not put it down, even while...
have piles of half-read titles collecting dust on my bookshelf. I bought "Good Calories, Bad...
www.amazon.com/review/RSW9I83Q8...
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Admirably researched and written - [17 Apr 2010]
As a medical student I have little time to read outside of class textbooks; consequently I have piles of half-read titles collecting dust on my bookshelf. I bought "Good Calories, Bad Calories" for a spring break read and could not put it down, even while...
have piles of half-read titles collecting dust on my bookshelf. I bought "Good Calories, Bad...
www.amazon.com/review/RSW9I83Q8...
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Thought provoking book - [11 Apr 2010]
I purchased this book on Amazon and read it entirely. I also "reviewed the reviews" to see with which objections I agreed, and with which I disagreed. Like some others, I had difficulty following some of the more detailed physiological explanations. That...
with which objections I agreed, and with which I disagreed. Like some others, I had difficulty...
www.amazon.com/review/R2LFSKV6TMJJ...
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Why what we were taught hasn't worked - [03 Apr 2010]
The failure of our national obesity policy is rooted in false and erroneous science read this book and check the biblio. Low fat products make us fat and processed foods have contributed greatly. Check out Kesslers book "The End of Overeating" and "Food...
book and check the biblio. Low fat products make us fat and processed foods have contributed...
www.amazon.com/review/R52G5XZTB...
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I lost 75 pounds in one year thanks to this book - [01 Apr 2010]
Last year I was at my worst weight ever, 265 pounds. A year later I'm at 188, a weight I haven't seen since high school. The pounds literally fell off with little more than a new awareness of what is really good and bad for me. Here is how it happened...
t seen since high school. The pounds literally fell off with little more than a new awareness...
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