Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Gary Taubes has gone to the dark side of Keto journalism.
Fascinating links:
Seth Yoder’s devastating fact check of The Case for Keto
thescienceofnutrition.substack.com/p/the-case-for-keto-a-critical-review
The Center for Science in the Public Interest on Taubes:
cspinet.org/sites/default/files/attachment/bigfatlies.pdf
Gary’s defense of the public shaming he has been getting:
nymag.com/vindicated/2016/11/how-a-nutrition-heretic-overcame-a-big-fat-public-shaming.html
Ancel Keys: The legacy of a giant in physiology, nutrition, and public health
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/obr.13196
The amazing white paper on Ancel Keys and the Seven Countries Study:
truehealthinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/SCS-White-Paper.THI_.8-1-17.pdf
The 1957 study I mentioned that had the fat and animal protein graphs versus heart disease, by Yerushalmy and Hilleboe:
library.crossfit.com/free/pdf/1957_Yerushalmy_Hilleboe_Fat_Diet_Mortality_Heart_Disease.pdf
Reference for Gary's wife being vegetarian:
insider.com/gary-taubes-case-for-keto-low-carb-answer-weight-loss-2020-12
Gary's blood test from 2011:
peaktestosterone.com/forum/index.php?topic=4782.0
Kevin Hall’s paper on carb calories versus fat calories: Calorie for Calorie, Dietary Fat Restriction Results in More Body Fat Loss than Carbohydrate Restriction in People with Obesity.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26278052
Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31269427
Dietary carbohydrate intake and mortality: a prospective cohort study and meta-analysis
thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(18)30135-X/fulltext
The Seven Countries Study:
sevencountriesstudy.com/about-the-study/countries/countries-greece
Every woman knows that carbohydrate is fattening:
cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/observations-on-the-respiratory-quotients-and-weight-gain-of-man-after-eating-large-quantities-of-carbohydrate/0A48C402867EF269C21A5539DA1EBB9B
Reference to Gary's advance:
psmag.com/social-justice/red-meat-a-healthy-choice-4506
Gary Taubes has gone to the dark side of Keto journalism.
Fascinating links:
Seth Yoder’s devastating fact check of The Case for Keto
thescienceofnutrition.substack.com/p/the-case-for-keto-a-critical-review
The Center for Science in the Public Interest on Taubes:
cspinet.org/sites/default/files/attachment/bigfatlies.pdf
Gary’s defense of the public shaming he has been getting:
nymag.com/vindicated/2016/11/how-a-nutrition-heretic-overcame-a-big-fat-public-shaming.html
Ancel Keys: The legacy of a giant in physiology, nutrition, and public health
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/obr.13196
The amazing white paper on Ancel Keys and the Seven Countries Study:
truehealthinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/SCS-White-Paper.THI_.8-1-17.pdf
The 1957 study I mentioned that had the fat and animal protein graphs versus heart disease, by Yerushalmy and Hilleboe:
library.crossfit.com/free/pdf/1957_Yerushalmy_Hilleboe_Fat_Diet_Mortality_Heart_Disease.pdf
Reference for Gary's wife being vegetarian:
insider.com/gary-taubes-case-for-keto-low-carb-answer-weight-loss-2020-12
Gary's blood test from 2011:
peaktestosterone.com/forum/index.php?topic=4782.0
Kevin Hall’s paper on carb calories versus fat calories: Calorie for Calorie, Dietary Fat Restriction Results in More Body Fat Loss than Carbohydrate Restriction in People with Obesity.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26278052
Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31269427
Dietary carbohydrate intake and mortality: a prospective cohort study and meta-analysis
thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(18)30135-X/fulltext
The Seven Countries Study:
sevencountriesstudy.com/about-the-study/countries/countries-greece
Every woman knows that carbohydrate is fattening:
cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/observations-on-the-respiratory-quotients-and-weight-gain-of-man-after-eating-large-quantities-of-carbohydrate/0A48C402867EF269C21A5539DA1EBB9B
Reference to Gary's advance:
psmag.com/social-justice/red-meat-a-healthy-choice-4506
