Everyone Must Read

This book really challenges the common "wisdom" of nutrition. Where's the evidence, where are the studies showing that we should be eating 6-11 servings a day of grains? Why do cereals tout themselves as "heart healthy?" What's the deal with the American Heart Association? Who made that dumb pyramid, anyway?



Convincingly, Gary Taubes meticulously pores through decades' worth of studies and breaks them down for us to see the past and present research surrounding the vilification of saturated fats, the upside down USDA food pyramid, and the diseases of civilization.

Basically, saturated fats are not the bad guy - they don't cause heart disease, they don't make you fat, and they actually are quite good for your health.
Furthermore, processed/refined carbohydrates and sugar are the REAL bad guys that anyone can live without, and some people can't live a healthy life with.

If you doubt me, read the book. If you believe me, read it anyway. As soon as we're out of debt I'm keeping four copies on my shelf at all times just for lending and giving away.

If you want even more detail than this book provides, read the original (where Taubes goes into the history and studies in much more detail):



I love it just as much, but for popular, "give me the bottom line quick" purposes, Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It is the one to have.