I've been laying kinda low on Stephan Guyenet's disassembling of Taubes' "Carbohydrate Hypothesis" and just sort of soaking in some of the responses. However as the mood hits, I'll be sharing some thoughts on the reaction in the coming days.
This post, however, relates to his blog post. As I said in the comments on his blog: Well done! Most of the arguments he makes are not new to this blogger, but I think these things need to be stated by as many bloggers as many times as is needed -- and judging from the reactions the work in this regard may never be done!! -- until the following acronym becomes as common in LC circles as acronyms like ACE, OWL and CCL are to Atkins dieters. When Taubes' theories become known as Taubes' Wrong Insulin-Carbohydrate Hypothesis On Obesity - TWICHOO. It kinda rolls off the tongue!
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