![]() This process, in turn, drives the body to store fat. ![]() The human body secretes insulin in response to the consumption of carbohydrates in order to regulate blood sugar. Taubes points to biological, epidemiological, and anthropological evidence to back up his assertions. Taubes posits a causal link between carbohydrates and cancer, as well. Taubes contends that carbohydrates, specifically refined carbohydrates like white flour, sugar, and starches, contribute to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and other ailments. ![]() ![]() Taubes argues that the last few decades of dietary advice promoting low-fat diets has been consistently incorrect. Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health (published as The Diet Delusion in the United Kingdom and Australia) is a 2007 book by science journalist Gary Taubes. ![]()
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