Gary Taubes is One of My Heroes

The subject line says it all: Gary Taubes is officially a heroe of mine. His book Good Calories, Bad Calories is an eye-opening, mind-blowing chronicle of the scientific history of everything that is wrong with dominant nutritional thinking these days.

But I not only admire him for his book, but I just watched a video (Feb. 2008) of him speaking and making many of the same points from his book... and he is just amazing. He clearly has lived and breathed his research for several years. This video, Big Fat Lies, is over an hour long. And like his book, it gets heavy at some points. But if you are into this subject and want an education, it is well worth the time to watch it.

The material from Taubes -- whether book or video -- are not for everyone. While I highly recommend them, if you want something simpler (not simplistic, just less heavy than Taubes) that makes the case for low-carb/paleo/primal nutrition, then I'd recommend The Protein Power Lifeplan by Drs. Eades and Eades. And if you really just have a matter of minutes and want the summary, then watch the video I blogged about recently: Paleo in a Nutshell, Part 1: Food.