So, like probably many of you, and probably most of the western the world, a decade ago, i was just totally confused nina teicholz. With an audience that largely embraces the low carb movement, i am sure to be preaching to the choir. Nina brings a background in biology and investigative reporting to bear on the questions of whats changed in that time in what were eating and drinking, how thats changed our bodies and bodies, especially the increased. The accusation that the big fat surprise plagiarizes or cribs from my work is unjustified and naive. With eyeopening scientific rigor, the big fat surprise upends the conventional wisdom about all fats with the groundbreaking claim that more, not less, dietary fat including saturated fat is what leads to better health, wellness, and fitness. The big fat surprisewell written and hard to put downshould help americans wake upcertainly a few, and hopefully a great manybefore it is too late.
The book offers guidance on how to adjust your diet to maximize the benefits of certain kinds of fats while lowering your risk of heart disease. It was long before i started poring over thousands of scientific studies and. The big fat surprise introduction i remember the day i stopped worrying about eating fat. May 15, 2015 and the book that i think best brings this subject into clear focus. Big fat surprise is an investigative work detailing how the idea that saturated fats cause heart disease and how the removal of saturated fat from our diet has led to the obesity epidemic and ironically an increase in heart disease and other metabolic diseases. Named one of the economists books of the year 2014. Nina teicholz, an experienced journalist who spent eight years tracking down all the evidence for and against the advice to eat lowfat diets, finds. Jul 21, 2014 i have three brand new copies of nina teicholzs new best seller big fat surprise sitting on my office desk. The big fat surprise book south san francisco public. The big fat surprise is a dense, but interesting, compilation of information documenting why the low fat hearthealthy diet hypothesis is not based on solid scientific study.
The translation of books into chinese is a good filter because garbage is not translated because its not worth anybodys time. The big fat surprise is a lacerating indictment of big public health. The big fat surprise is the first publication not only to systematically argue that the saturated fats in animal foods have been unfairly maligned, based on weak. Wall street journal has named the best books of the year. Nina argues for the relevance of diet to the current covid19 pandemic. She documents how the lowfat nutrition advice of the past sixty years has amounted to a vast uncontrolled experiment on the entire population, with disastrous consequences for our health.
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The new book that claims a highfat diet can actually be good for you. It lifts the lid on the myths surrounding the science of nutrition and food politics. But there was no correlation with rates of heart disease. Nina teicholz is the author of the big fat surprise. The new book that claims a high fat diet can actually be good for you. With examples both from research and experts, she explains how fat can even be healthy, if eaten correctly.
The big fat surprise should become mandatory reading in every science class teicholz describes the human story of how bad science became federal policy, especially concerning the question of heart disease. And chances are that many of you have already read this book and are wondering why i am so late to the party. The story on nightline shows me getting my cholesterol tested. However, several of the authors critiques are not supported by the evidence. The big fat surprise by nina teicholz why butter, meat.
Since neither vegetables or meat are a religion with me, i decided on the food that made me feel good. More than a book about food and health or even hubris. You can watch the first six minutes of our interview above. Mar 03, 2015 to the charge that i copied the work of gary taubes. And a new book called the big fat surprise by journalist nina teicholz has popularized the controversial message to eat more fat. As teicholz herself notes, any critical recounting of nutrition policy inevitably includes certain key events that must be addressed. The big fat surprise delivers on its title, exposing the shocking news that much of what everybody knows about a healthy diet is in fact all wrong. A conversation with investigative journalist, nina teicholz, author of the big fat surprise. Nina teicholzs the big fat surprise bfs is a book that claims to reveal the unthinkable.
It was long before i started poring over thousands of scientific studies and conducting hundreds of interviews to write this book. Her book the big fat surprise was called one of the best books of last year by publications like the economist and the wall street journal. And the book that i think best brings this subject into clear focus. Minneapolis star tribune a devastating new book the big fat surprise shows that the lowfat craze was based on flimsy evidence. She documents how the past sixty years of lowfat nutrition advice has amounted to a vast uncontrolled experiment on the entire population, with disastrous. The big fat surprise is more than a book about food and health or even hubris. Gary taubes has provided the following statement on this issue july 23, 2015.
By, nina teicholz january 24, 2019 the eatlancet report, published by the lancet last week, has been presented as the product of 37 scientists from around the world who gathered to evaluate the science on diet and both human health and the health of the planet. Big fat surprise book giveaway the science of human potential. Dec 15, 2014 among them is the big fat surprise, a book that totally rejects the last decades unnecessary fear of saturated fat. May, 2019 by, nina teicholz january 24, 2019 the eatlancet report, published by the lancet last week, has been presented as the product of 37 scientists from around the world who gathered to evaluate the science on diet and both human health and the health of the planet. Why butter, meat and cheese belong in a healthy diet, traced the history of us diet guidelines. Named one of the wall street journals top ten best nonfiction books of 2014. Big fat surprise book giveaway the science of human. The big fat surprise book deschutes public library.
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The basis thrust of the book, to my understanding, is that fats, specifically saturated fats, are crucial to the proper functioning of the human body and help prevent obesity and chronic disease. The big fat surprise by nina teicholz a 30minute instaread. As i explain in my book, neither total cholesterol nor ldlc turn out not to be very reliable predictors of heartattack risk in the great majority of people. Investigative journalist nina teicholz reveals the unthinkable. Why butter, meat and cheese belong in a healthy diet teicholz, nina on. A new york times bestsellernamed one of the economists books of the year 2014named one of the wall street journals. She documents how the lowfat nutrition advice of the past sixty years has amounted to a vast uncontrolled experiment on the entire population, with disastrous consequences. New york times bestseller teicholz has a gift for translating complex data into an engaging forensic narrative. Why butter, meat and cheese belong in a healthy diet, is a tireless advocate for reform of the u. Combining scientific rigor with riveting storytelling, she argues that more, not less. May, 2014 teicholz has a gift for translating complex data into an engaging forensic narrative. The single bond is a connection by one hand while the double bond is like both.
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