Comment Re:High-fat, but no carbs (Score 1) 379
Taubes does not present a diet in his book. He presents a fairly measured discussion of the science and the history that bear on the whole issue of what a healthy diet actually is, right down to a very good layman's explanation of the metabolism of the various chemical components of food. I lost the weight in question before I ever heard of his book. The book was valuable because it explained why I lost that weight.
Good Calories, Bad Calories contains 118 pages of citations and bibliography from peer-reviewed journals and medical researchers in all parts of the medical science field, including (but not limited to) nutritionists. Even if I were a nutritionist, in the face of such a wall of references, I'd be hard pressed to call him a "quack."