{"product_id":"the-case-for-keto-rethinking-weight-control-and-the-science-and-practice-of-low-carbhigh-fat-eating-9780525435747","title":"The Case for Keto: Rethinking Weight Control and the Science and Practice of Low-Carb\/High-Fat Eating","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor fifty years, the medical establishment has preached the same rules for losing weight: restrict calories, eat less, and exercise more. Yet in that time, obesity in the United States has skyrocketed. So why has this prescription so clearly failed?\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Based on twenty years of investigative reporting and interviews with more than a hundred practicing physicians who embrace ketogenic (low-carbohydrate, high-fat) eating as the best formula for health, here bestselling author Gary Taubes puts the keto movement in the necessary historical and scientific perspective. He makes clear the vital misconceptions about obesity and diet (no, people do not become fat simply by eating too much or being sedentary; hormones play the critical role) and uses collected clinical experience from the medical community to provide much-needed practical advice on healthy eating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A groundbreaking manifesto for the fight against obesity and diabetes, in \u003ci\u003eThe Case for Keto, \u003c\/i\u003eTaubes reveals why the established rules about eating healthfully might be the wrong approach to weight loss for most people, and how ketogenic diets can help many of us achieve and maintain a healthy weight for life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGary Taubes, an award-winning science and health journalist, is the cofounder and director of the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI). He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Case Against Sugar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy We Get Fat\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGood Calories, Bad Calories\u003c\/i\u003e. A former staff writer for \u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e and correspondent for \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e, he has written three cover articles on nutrition and health for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and his writing has appeared in numerous \"Best of\" anthologies, including The\u003ci\u003e Best of the Best American Science Writing\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). He has received three Science in Society Journalism Awards from the National Association of Science Writers and is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research. He lives in Oakland, California, with his wife, the author Sloane Tanen, and their two sons. www.garytaubes.com\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50861745504530,"sku":"9780525435747","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_33b3dc13-025d-42d0-ac8c-320a3535fde2.jpg?v=1737604970","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-case-for-keto-rethinking-weight-control-and-the-science-and-practice-of-low-carbhigh-fat-eating-9780525435747","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}