Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health
by Gary Taubes
Recommended by 4 notable people, including Naval Ravikant and Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight, and DiseaseIn this groundbreaking book, the result of seven years of research in every science connected with the impact of nutrition on health, awardwinning science writer Gary Taubes shows us that almost everything we believe about the nature of a healthy diet is wrong.For decades we have been...
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Naval Ravikant, Food, and Hobbies.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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