veespin
11-03-2007, 07:35 AM
Anyone read this book by Gary Taubes yet?
It's been getting a lot of hype just recently....heard him hawking it on the radio and it was reviewed in a couple of the free mags that come my way.
I've checked the reviews on Amazon and, apart from commenting on its heavy going nature, for the most part it's favorable (i.e. most reviewers "agreed" with his low carb stance) and is commonly compared with his "What if it's all a big fat lie?" article. There would be the sticking point for me since I get the feeling that Taubes sets his stall out to take the iconoclast's route at all costs (which, apparently, includes misrepresenting statements made by folk he interviews)
I'm interested in having a look at the book because in one of the articles I've read he apparently takes exercise recommendations to task....."proving" a bit simplistically that exercise doesn't cause weightloss because, if it you have to burn 3500 cals to lose just one pound of fat, this'd mean you'd have to exercise for an hour burning 700 cals a pop 5 days a week. Whose got that sort of time, he asks when the real savvy question would be who could consistently exercise at that intensity. Certainly not the overweight.
I'm wondering how accurate are the rest of his representations of how science has got it wrong, when he misinterprets exercise recommendations so badly.
Vivienne....still waiting for the price to come down to single digits on Amazon's Used book list.
It's been getting a lot of hype just recently....heard him hawking it on the radio and it was reviewed in a couple of the free mags that come my way.
I've checked the reviews on Amazon and, apart from commenting on its heavy going nature, for the most part it's favorable (i.e. most reviewers "agreed" with his low carb stance) and is commonly compared with his "What if it's all a big fat lie?" article. There would be the sticking point for me since I get the feeling that Taubes sets his stall out to take the iconoclast's route at all costs (which, apparently, includes misrepresenting statements made by folk he interviews)
I'm interested in having a look at the book because in one of the articles I've read he apparently takes exercise recommendations to task....."proving" a bit simplistically that exercise doesn't cause weightloss because, if it you have to burn 3500 cals to lose just one pound of fat, this'd mean you'd have to exercise for an hour burning 700 cals a pop 5 days a week. Whose got that sort of time, he asks when the real savvy question would be who could consistently exercise at that intensity. Certainly not the overweight.
I'm wondering how accurate are the rest of his representations of how science has got it wrong, when he misinterprets exercise recommendations so badly.
Vivienne....still waiting for the price to come down to single digits on Amazon's Used book list.