Gary taubes born april 30, 1956 is an american journalist, writer and lowcarbohydrate diet advocate. Taubes, an investigative journalist who penned 2007s seminal good calories, bad calories and 2010s why we get fat, has a new book out today called the case against sugar that makes the case that sugar is the fundamental cause of most chronic diseases diabetes, heart disease, cancer, alzheimers disease, you name it. Science cant prove it and the industry denies it, but gary taubes is. Taubes has been researching sugar for yearsfrom all sides. He is the author of nobel dreams 1987, bad science. Taubess latest book, the case against sugar, looks to be less controversial, if only because socalled guardians of public health have of late subtly reemphasised in government eating guidelines the role of sugar as a dietary villain, adopting what taubes calls the we knew it. You dont have to be a slave to potentially toxic sugar. The science of its metabolism is certainly complex, and this author is not a nutritionist or biochemist. Gary taubes says sugar is poison science writer gary taubes has been writing columns everywhere promoting his new book the case against sugar.
This book opens consumers eye to understand the sugar loaded processed food heavily pushed to get hook on. After that hes written a more consumerfriendly and shorter book called why we get fat 2011. Sugar is the root cause of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. By 2012 that had risen to one in seven, with a new case being. Gary taubess new book puts sugar on trial psychology today. There is growing scientific consensus that one of the most common types of sugar, fructose, can be toxic to the liver, just like alcohol. Sugar is uniquely toxic, he says, and compares the scale of the problem. Sugar may not be toxic to everyone, but restricting our diets to whole foods and thereby reducing its intake by a lot sure makes people feel a whole lot better in general. And what to do about it was released in december 2010. When it comes to getting fat, weve come to believe its as simple as calories in versus. There are more than 40 synonyms for processed sugar on food labels.
Here he reveals what everyone should know going about sugar in 2017and beyond. Chronicling the authors path of investigation and own success in eliminating sugar from her diet in 1997, sugar toxic is an eyeopening exploration of the harmful effects of free glucose, the sugar molecule that has managed to silently avoid scrutiny all the while invading every corner of the dietary landscape. If you dont read this article for your own knowledgeread it for a loved one. Gary taubes says sugar is poison food science institute. Sugar is addictive to the average person and it is poison to some who have underlying health issues. Leading the charge against the ideologies pushed by this powerful industry is science writer, gary taubes, whose new book, the case against sugar is the most comprehensive account to date of the. This book is to educate consumers that knowledge is power. Taubes methodically explains why sugarnot sloth, not fataccounts for our unprecedented levels of obesity, cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. Gary taubes on his new book and why he wont eat christmas sweets. In the final chapters of the case against sugar, taubes argues that insulin resistance is the primary cause of common noncommunicable diseases like coronary heart disease, diabetes, alzheimers disease, and gout, and that sugar is the primary cause of insulin resistance he goes out of his way to emphasize that dietary fat, calorie intake.
Check out my bestselling new book on the science of endurance, endure. The case against sugar, by gary taubes the atlantic. This weeks issue focuses on health and wellness 2011. My sincere hope, however, is that you now understand that this is probably the wrong question to be asking. Theres good reason to believe sugar is making us sick, according to gary taubes. Sugar is worse for your health than smoking, new book argues in the case against sugar, science journalist gary taubes argues the sweet stuff is the prime suspect in obesity, diabetes, and more. The case against sugar is a riveting history of ideas, a clear analysis of evidence, and an utterly persuasive argument that sugar is the new tobacco. The article is by gary taubes, author of good calories, bad calories, a gripping book that examines the evidence for the dangers of refined sugar and flour. It wasnt so much that researchers learned anything particularly new about the effects of sugar or high.
While it is now recognized that a drastic increase in the consumption of sugar and. From the bestselling author of why we get fat, a groundbreaking, eyeopening expose that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium. He implicates scientists, nutritionists and especially the sugar industry in. All four of the magazines main articles are essential reading for everyone.
In his new york times magazine article, taubes claims that fructoseis what distinguishes sugar from other carbohydraterich foods like. He says its the primary culprit behind soaring diabetes and. Eugenia bone, the wall street journal no one in this country has worked harder on or better understood the role of sugar in our diet than gary taubes. The basic premise of this book is that sugar is toxic in large amounts, and the modern diet in the united states and many other nations across the globe now incorporates far too much sugar. Gary taubes and the case against sugar sciencebased. In his new york times magazine cover story is sugar toxic. This tidal wave is the subject of us science journalist gary taubess remarkable book. This book has been sorely needed for many years and taubes is the perfect author to articulate what needs to be shared as only he can.
Its an interesting article, worth a read, and taubes is reasonably circumspect in acknowledging the uncertainties in the current evidence. If you want to lose weight, you need to cut out the sugar. Sanjay gupta reports on new research showing that beyond weight gain, sugar can take a serious toll on your health, worsening conditions ranging from heart disease to cancer. Consumers will pay a high price later in life in terms of health, diseases and medicine dependent. His work has appeared in discover and science among others.
Gary taubess the case against sugar sugarcoats nothing. Shots health news sugary foods can lead people to pack on the pounds. Taubes is now factchecking the book before publication. Thats precisely what new york times bestselling author and science writer gary taubes has done in his soontoclassic book the case against sugar. I highly suggest watching either or both youtube videos linked in first sentence of article below. The science journalist gary taubes starts his book the case against sugar with the following argument.
In other words, toxic sugar would seem to offer the most parsimonious explanation of. And what to do about it, he marshaled masses of evidence to support his thesis that the calories incalories out model is wrong, that carbohydrates are the cause of obesity and most of the diseases of civilization, and that simply restricting carbohydrates will result in weight. Clearly i dont think any of us should eat sugar, and i try to stay away from it, he says during a call to his home built by the founders of the clorox bleach company in. As a journalist, an investigator, a scientist, and. Gary taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and cofounder of the nonprofit nutrition science initiative. Recent revelations exposed the sugar industrys backroom coverup of the harmful effects of this pervasive. Sugar is a toxic agent that creates conditions for. Article sugar is a toxic agent that creates conditions. His third book on the topic of diet and health, the case against sugar, is a. If you want to get thin and stay healthy, then you need to cut out carbs and sugar from your diet. Among other things, he writes about the views of robert lustig, an obesity expert at the university of california, san francisco, school of medicine. Talk to gary taubes about sugar well the new york times. The case against sugar should be a powerful weapon against future misinformation. A chapter from gary taubes the case against sugar december 27 2016 by dr.
In his latest book, taubes why we get fat and what to do about it, 2010, etc. In 1961 i started to read the new york times when i went to work in washington. His major articles in science 2001 and the new york times 2002, followed by the trailblazing book good calories, bad calories 2007 were hugely influential. Author interview gary taubes, author of the case against. Gary taubes argues in a new book that sugar is toxic and should be consumed as often as tobacco. A chapter from gary taubes the case against sugar diet. Andreas eenfeldt, md in book, gary taubes sciencewriter gary taubes, arguably one of the greatest modern influencers in the obesity debate, is releasing his new book the case against sugar today. Gary taubes has studied nutrition for 28 years and hes come to one conclusion. Ascolgan photographygetty images b ack in 1934 just three in every thousand adult americans had diabetes. If lustig is right, then our excessive consumption of sugar is the primary reason that the numbers of obese and diabetic americans have skyrocketed in the past 30 years.
Sugar is a toxic agent that creates conditions for disease aeon. In two earlier books, good calories, bad calories and why we get fat. The scientist and the stairmaster new york magazine. It took six years and countless reclusive hours for investigative science journalist and bestselling author gary taubes to finish his latest book. A friend just forwarded the new gary taubes nyt magazine article on robert lustigs claims that sugar is toxic. The short life and weird times of cold fusion 1993, and good calories, bad calories 2007, titled the diet delusion 2008 in the uk and australia. The first symptom doctors are told to look for in diagnosing metabolic syndrome is an expanding waistline. A potent toxin that alters hormones and metabolism, sugar sets the stage for epidemic levels of obesity and diabetes. In the case against sugar, taubes distills the carbohydrate argument further, zeroing in on sugar as the true villain. Posted by me, bolded by me, written by gary taubes april, 2011new york times. In only a few decades, there are now more obese people on the planet than there are undernourished. More on taubes, lustig and toxic sugar sweat science. Yes, gary taubes, the prosecutor in the provocative, eyeopening book the case against sugar, took his 8yearold son trickortreating in his oakland, california, neighborhood on halloween. He is the author of the case against sugar 2016, why we get fat and what to do about it 2011 and good calories, bad.
The work opens by examining whether sugar should be perceived as a food or a drug. But theres scant science behind claims that sugar directly causes. The primary disease of concern is diabetes, and taubes provides a reasonably extensive history of the occurrence of diabetes and the evolution of medical. The awardwinning journalist once again takes up the cudgel in defense of health. In this weeks new york times magazine, gary taubes, author most recently of why we get fat. Sugar may be an empty nutrient, but is it poisonous. The toxic truth too much fructose can damage your liver, just like too much alcohol. The most likely cause is our skyrocketing consumption of sugar, which is now in everything from soup to ketchup to crackers. Gary taubes is one of the true pioneers of the lowcarb movement of the last two decades. What gary taubes missed in his big attack on dietary sugar. Taubes notes that in may 1976, the public relations society of america gave a silver anvil award to the sugar association for its ability to stem the flow of reckless commentary about sugar.
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