Gary Taubes’ article entitled, "What If It’s All Been a Big Fat Lie?" literally changed my life.
A $700,000+ advance and five years later, he completed the book Good Calories, Bad Calories, (New York: Anchor Books, 2007, 2008), another life changer, available free of charge here and here. His other books include Why we get Fat and What to do about It (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016), The Case Against Sugar (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016), and The Case for Keto: Rethinking Weight Control and the Science and Practice of Low-Carbohydrate, High-Fat Eating (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2020).
Available free of charge online, you could read his article entitled, "How a Fatally, Tragically, Flawed Paradigm has Derailed the Science of Obesity," and, on the subject of gout, this thought provoking article.
Dr. Richard K. Bernstein, the first diabetic patient to monitor his own blood sugar many decades ago, is considered by many to be the go-to diabetes doctor. His is an interesting story and you can learn about it and his teachings in the two books The Diabetes Solution (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1997, 2007, 2011), and The Diabetes Diet: Dr. Bernstein's Low-Carbohydrate Solution (New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2008). He has written other books such as Beating Diabetes Type 2: 1000+ Answers Your Doctor May Not Know or Tell You (New York: Diabetes in Control, LLC, 2016), Dr. Bernstein’s Secrets to Normal Blood Sugars (For Type 1 Diabetes, Volume 1) (New York: Diabetes in Control, LLC, 2005), Diabetes Type II: Living a Long, Healthy Life Through Blood Sugar Normalization (1st ed., Prentice Hall Trade, 1981, 1990), and Diabetes: The GlucograF Method for Normalizing Blood Sugar (New York: Crown/Tarcher, 1984).
One of the most influential books in the world of nutrition is Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, (Current: Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation; 8th edition, January 1, 2009; originally published in 1939) by Weston A. Price. It changed my life and influenced most of the current authors on the subject.
Stephen Phinney, MD, PhD, and Jeff Volek, PhD, RD, collaborated on a couple of impactful books, The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance (Beyond Obesity LLC, 2012) and The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living (Beyond Obesity, LLC, 2011). With the backing of investor Sami Inkinen, they launched the successful Type II diabetes treatment healthcare company Virta.
Dr. Eric Westman. Short and to the point, see his article entitled, "Is Dietary Carbohydrate Essential for Human Nutrition?" He’s written more than 90 other articles that you could search online and read. In conjunction with the two above writers, he co-authored The New Atkins for a New You (Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 2010). His newest book, End Your Carb Confusion (Victory Belt Publishing, 2020), is also worth a read. Dr. Westman is the co-founder of Adapt Your Life® and Adapt Your Life® Academy, an Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University Health System and the Director of the Duke Keto Medicine Clinic in Durham, North Carolina.
Nina Teicholz’ book, The Big Fat Surprise (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014), reviews thousands of scientific studies and documents the politics and personalities dominating the last 50 years in nutrition policy, to get behind the flip-flopping headlines and explain some basic truths about nutrition science. She has also written more than twenty articles which can be read here.
On fasting, one must read the works of Dr. Jason Fung, which include Life in the Fasting Lane (Vancouver: HarperCollins, 2020), The Complete Guide to Fasting (Canada: Victory Belt Publishing Inc., 2016), The Diabetes Code (Vancouver: Graystone Books, 2018), The Obesity Code (Vancouver: Graystone Books, 2016), and The Cancer Code (New York: HarperCollins, 2020). He also hosts the helpful Fasting Method Blog.
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