Calories, fat or carbohydrates? Why diets work (when they do).

It was inadvertently (I think) brought to my attention that, while constructing my Fasting Insulin & Weight Loss post, I had "in my hand" the perfect study to discuss the title of this post.

Does that title sound familiar?  It should!  Because this was the title of Gary Taubes' second blog post:
Calories, fat or carbohydrates? Why diets work (when they do)

As I've stated many times, unless someone provides me with a complimentary copy of Why We Get Fat, I'll not be reading the dumbed down version of GCBC, even for the groundbreaking new information it is purported to contain.   Reportedly, one of those groundbreaking items is a chapter on the very topic of that blog post.  A blog post that was a sort of preview teaser in advance of his book release.  But that post wasn't the first time he discussed this novel idea that he claims supports his alternate carbohydrate/insulin hypothesis.  

Most of my readers are probably aware of when ol' CarbSane here really hit Gary below the belt by playing on words,  "called Gary a sheister", and - GASP! - put a $ in his name, when I addressed his discussion of Shai in a lecture.  I guess the plays on words there using Shai-ster and Shai-t were just too much for his devoted followers to handle.  Who knew a $ could draw such ire!  I suggest if any of these things are going to throw you into ketogenic paranoid seizure, you click on that X in the upper right corner of your browser now.

Really ... I mean it!  DON'T click the "Read More" below if you can't handle it!!!  I'm gonna get nasty here!

Really really.

OK ... last warning (VVVBEG)

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