Garry Taubes

Gary Taubes a pioneering journalist for two decades.

His article What if It's All Been a Big Fat Lie? in The New York Times (2002), was very influential and is well worth reading.

He then wrote a trailblazing book Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007) that was recognised as a powerful statement in favour of rethinking our dietary needs.

Taubes continues to write and lecture on this topic and he keeps breaking new ground. You'll find his videos in Youtube.

The Big Fat Surprise

400 pages to tell the story.

Why Butter, Meat and Cheese belong in a Healthy Diet.

Diet wars continue. At a food conference this year (2016) an invitation to Nina Teicholz to speak was withdrawn because of objections from ??? (One of the sponsors, another invited speaker, it's not public knowledge.)

Nina Teicholz was in South Africa, testifying as an expert witness in the trial of Dr Tim Noakes, in October 2016.

She argues that eating fat is essential to good health, and that the saturated fats, as found in meat, cheese, cream and eggs, are the whole fats in whole foods that are essential for good health.

Teicholz has a background in food, science, and investigative reporting. She studied biology at Yale and Stanford Universities and was a health analyst for Lewin/ICF, a consulting firm in Washington, D.C. Teicholz has written on food, as a regular contributor to Gourmet magazine and for New York magazine and Time Out New York.