Quotes of Gary Taubes - somelinesforyou

“ Just as animal research tells us that gluttony and sloth are side effects of a drive to accumulate body fat, it also says that eating in moderation and being physically active (literally, having the energy to exercise) are not evidence of moral rectitude. Rather, they're the metabolic benefits of a body that's programmed to remain lean. ”

- Gary Taubes

“ We don't get fat because we overeat; we overeat because we're getting fat. ”

- Gary Taubes

“ The laboratory evidence that carbohydraterich diets can cause the body to reain water and so raise blood pressure, just as salt consumption is supposed to do, dates back well over a century ”

- Gary Taubes

“ [T]he salient question is whether the increasing awareness of [heart] disease beginning in the 1920s coincided with the budding of an epidemic or simply better technology for diagnosis. ”

- Gary Taubes
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