I am reading the book “Good Calories Bad Calories” by Gary Taubes right now and finding it great “food for thought.”
This book goes into great detail to describe how the low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets we’ve been told to eat for the past thirty years are not only making us heavier but contributing to other chronic diseases as well. We’ve been taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more. I agree exercising more is necessary but despite all the nutritional advice shunning fats we have seen unprecedented epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Refined carbohydrates and easily digestible starches that wreak havoc on your insulin levels may be at the core of a lot of the problem. This book backs up countless studies to contradict the generally accepted nutritional advice that we have heard for the last 30 years.
“Calories in calories out” is not the answer to treating obesity. I instead treat all of my clients by advising high quality “nutrient dense” food and healthy lifestyle changes. Simple depleted and fake sugars do not feed the body and in my opinion sets the body in motion to crave things they may be missing. These cravings become “low fat” processed foods with no nutritional value. The book “Good Calories Bad Calories” backs up my belief and hopefully will begin the much needed conversation that may change the way we think about calories and food.
Good Calories Bad Calories
I am reading the book “Good Calories Bad Calories” by Gary Taubes right now and finding it great “food for thought.”
This book goes into great detail to describe how the low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets we’ve been told to eat for the past thirty years are not only making us heavier but contributing to other chronic diseases as well. We’ve been taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more. I agree exercising more is necessary but despite all the nutritional advice shunning fats we have seen unprecedented epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Refined carbohydrates and easily digestible starches that wreak havoc on your insulin levels may be at the core of a lot of the problem. This book backs up countless studies to contradict the generally accepted nutritional advice that we have heard for the last 30 years.
“Calories in calories out” is not the answer to treating obesity. I instead treat all of my clients by advising high quality “nutrient dense” food and healthy lifestyle changes. Simple depleted and fake sugars do not feed the body and in my opinion sets the body in motion to crave things they may be missing. These cravings become “low fat” processed foods with no nutritional value. The book “Good Calories Bad Calories” backs up my belief and hopefully will begin the much needed conversation that may change the way we think about calories and food.