Low-carb diets work for plenty of people (including me), but this is a must-read...

fhoxh · on July 19, 2012

Guyenet is a joke.

Peter over at HyperLipid recently ripped him to utter shreds:

http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/2012/06/confused.html

http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/2012/06/insulin-un-de...

Not to mention, Taubes countered Guyenet with a 6-part series refuting Guyenet's widely mocked food-reward/palatability hypothesis:

http://garytaubes.com/2011/09/catching-up-on-lost-time-ances...

http://garytaubes.com/2011/11/catching-up-on-lost-time-–-the...

yummyfajitas · on July 19, 2012

I read through the first 3 of your links by taubes, which all seemed to be extremely verbose sophistry that don't address Guyanet's points at all.

At what point does Taubes actually address Guyanet's (clearly stated) claim, that if food is tastier, people eat more of it, consume more calories, and become fatter?

fhoxh · on July 19, 2012

I would say that you might consider reading the complete 6-part series. :-)

yummyfajitas · on July 19, 2012

I would say that if you want people to read a relevant link, you should at least say "here are 6 links, all but $N are all red herrings." Have a little respect for the time of the reader.

pja · on July 19, 2012

The fourth link quotes Guyanet directly, so perhaps you stopped too soon?

rmobin · on July 19, 2012

Cool, I'll take a look at Peter's posts - I like him in general. Btw, Stephan did respond to Taubes' 6-part series:

http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2011/11/brief-response...