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jason's avatar

Trudy, take a look at Plant Positive on youtube. There are videos there that go into careful and excruciating detail of the many problems of Gary Taubes; for example, how he cherry picks references, many of them outdated and of low quality, to try to prove his point. Some are merely decades old newspaper articles that Taubes used when he could have instead relied on peer-reviewed scientific studies. The overweight women in Trinidad is a good example. The women underestimated their calorie intake which made it appear that they became obese without extra calories. The most controlled feeding studies that Taubes could have cited but didn't show that a calorie surplus is needed to gain weight. Taubes prefers the sketchy, loose Trinidad study because it supports his insinuation that calories don't really matter. On the surface to the lay reader, Taubes can sound very convincing but a detailed examination shows that his arguments aren't supported by the facts.

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Trudycatsmom's avatar

Citations? So far the only criticisms I've seen of his work were loaded with personal attacks such as yours.

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