The laboratory evidence that carbohydrate-rich diets can cause the body to reain water and so raise blood pressure, just as salt consumption is suppo…

- Gary Taubes

The simple answer as to why we get fat is that carbohydrates make us so; protein and fat do not

- Gary Taubes

What sets science and the law apart from religion is that nothing is expected to be taken on faith. We're encouraged to ask whether the evidence actu…

- Gary Taubes

Just as animal research tells us that gluttony and sloth are side effects of a drive to accumulate body fat, it also says that eating in moderation a…

- Gary Taubes

We don't get fat because we overeat; we overeat because we're getting fat.

- Gary Taubes

In 1960, fewer than 13 percent of Americans were obese, and diabetes had been diagnosed in 1 percent. Today, the percentage of obese Americans has al…

- Gary Taubes

There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their comm…

- Gary Taubes

The point to keep in mind is that you don't lose fat because you cut calories; you lose fat because you cut out the foods that make you fat-the carbo…

- Gary Taubes

The simplest way to look at all these associations, between obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer, and Alzheimer's (not…

- Gary Taubes