Taubes Gary. Why We Get Fat and What to Do about It

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. — 288 p. — ISBN: 9780307474254, eISBN 978-0-307-59551-5.What’s making us fat? And how can we change? Building upon his critical work in Good Calories, Bad Calories and presenting fresh evidence for his claim, bestselling author Gary Taubes revisits these urgent questions.Taubes reveals the bad nutritional science of the last century — none more damaging or misguided than the “calories-in, calories-out” model of why we get fat — and the good science that has been ignored. He also answers the most persistent questions: Why are some people thin and others fat? What roles do exercise and genetics play in our weight? What foods should we eat, and what foods should we avoid? Persuasive, straightforward, and practical, Why We Get Fat is an essential guide to nutrition and weight management.Complete with an easy-to-follow diet. Featuring a new afterword with answers to frequently asked questions.Biology, Not Physics
Why Were They Fat?
The Elusive Benefits of Undereating.
The Elusive Benefits of Exercise.
The Significance of Twenty Calories a Day.
Why Me? Why There? Why Then?
Thermodynamics for Dummies, Part 1.
Thermodynamics for Dummies, Part 2.
Head Cases.Adiposity 101
The Laws of Adiposity.
A Historical Digression on “Lipophilia”.
A Primer on the Regulation of Fat.
Why I Get Fat and You Don’t (or Vice Versa).
What We Can Do.
Injustice Collecting.
Why Diets Succeed and Fail.
A Historical Digression on the Fattening Carbohydrate.
Meat or Plants?
The Nature of a Healthy Diet.
Following Through.