Good Calories, Bad Calories

BigGreenTree

I've been seeing a lot of posts about "healthy" foods in here lately... I thought I'd throw out a great book I read last year which has completely changed my perception on what "healthy" is.

Like most of you, I previously looked to the governmental recommendations about low fat, low cholesterol, etc. guidelines -- and what you hear from doctors. However, if you look back in history and the science that went into those guidelines, you'll find that ... there wasn't any real science involved! Politics and ego were highly involved, however.

The book is called Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes http://www.amazon.com/Good-Calories-Bad-Controversial-Science/dp/1400033462/ref=ed_oe_p. It's not a diet book, but a science history book that goes into great detail about the progression of science that has gone into both governmental recommendations as well as the obesity epidemic. It's not light reading, but it's highly persuasive and an incredible read.

NJ-Professor

Great book.....

If you're looking for a great blog on health and nutrition (see recent interview with Taubes) be sure to check out

http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/

BigGreenTree

Yup ! That's a great blog -- it's one of the RSS feeds I actually bother to stop and read when a new post pops up!

smokeystover

Just finished reading Gary Taubes' new book, Why We Get Fat: And What To Do About It. I was looking for more information, and found this old posting. The Eades blog looks really good. Thanks for the tip!

NJ-Professor

This is an area that I have been involved in research, writing and personal experience.

Let me know if I can be of any help.

Regards,
Professor K

smokeystover

Thanks very much. Email sent.

nolaegghead

Finally!  I'm like the FUTURE when Woody Allen wakes up in Sleeper!

stike

i always found that i gained weight when i ate too much.

fishlessman

i probably dont eat much more than 1000 to 1500 calories a day on average,  its the drinking that does me in. i would have to stop eating to lose weight

stike

friggin hidiet pills spamming like a boss.  picture ad and everything. hahaha

Kristinnn

it was this book that ultimately led to me buying the egg

lousubcap

i probably dont eat much more than 1000 to 1500 calories a day on average,  its the drinking that does me in. i would have to stop eating to lose weight

+1-pick your poison down the oad!

newegg13

i always found that i gained weight when i ate too much.

+1 haha. )

stike

it's the truth.  i don't know how the human species has made it this far apparently not knowing how to eat.  thank god we were born in a period where we have people writing books that can teach us how to consume food properly without either starving, or becoming morbidly obese.  that sweet spot, where a person eats when they are hungry, and doesn't eat when they aren't hungry, and only eats what their lifestyle requires, is a tricky one, from what i understand.

pro tip:  don't under eat.  don't over eat.  eat decent food. 
)
he said tongue half in cheek

ccpoulin1

so true, but for me moderation is my problem!  I read books like this for reinforcement ( AND TO KEEP ME IN A 20 LB WINDOW OF WEIGHT )

Badong

I'm reading The Paleo Solution by Rob Wolf.  Looks like a winner so far.

ratcheer

I am on a self-modified version of the Atkins Diet. I eat all I want to eat. I have cut out sugar and refined carbs. I minimize things such as rice, potatoes, and sweet potatoes. I have lost 19 pounds since Easter.

I say that sugar, gluten, and refined starches are "bad" calories.

Tim

Baysidebob

I go on the wagon and loose 15 lbs in no time.  This only happens once or twice a year.  What this world needs is low calorie alcohol.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

i probably dont eat much more than 1000 to 1500 calories a day on average,  its the drinking that does me in. i would have to stop eating to lose weight

amen

Kristinnn

I go on the wagon and loose 15 lbs in no time.  This only happens once or twice a year.  What this world needs is low calorie alcohol.

exactly right.. hard to quit!  im on day 7 no alcohol. lol ..

psalzer

I too do the modified Atkins...very little bread, rice,potato etc...a salad with most meals, drink a lot of water.....no junk food. Fortunately I drink very little alcohol and have learned that exercise is easy once you get in the habit. I have lost about 18 pounds since the first of the year.

SteveWPBFL

I know for sure that IPA = GOOD calories!

Sundown

it's the truth.  i don't know how the human species has made it this far apparently not knowing how to eat.  thank god we were born in a period where we have people writing books that can teach us how to consume food properly without either starving, or becoming morbidly obese.  that sweet spot, where a person eats when they are hungry, and doesn't eat when they aren't hungry, and only eats what their lifestyle requires, is a tricky one, from what i understand.

pro tip:  don't under eat.  don't over eat.  eat decent food. 
)
he said tongue half in cheek

Lots of books? Assuming they know how to read.

I say everything in moderation including food from the Egg.

bud812

It sounds like we got a bunch of alcoholics on here lol

BURPPPPPP. Excuse me but I need a beer now, it's after 5:00.  (A.M.)

Cymbaline65

I think that adult beverages are required Egging, right?

The Cen-Tex Smoker

I just had some awesome calories for lunch:

hoopmeister

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

I just had some awesome calories for lunch:

PORN   !!!!

The Cen-Tex Smoker

hoopmeister said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

I just had some awesome calories for lunch:

PORN   !!!!

yeah- that's from J. Mueller's here in Austin. great spot. I'm going there tomorrow for lunch for sure.......or maybe Franklin's if I can find a muse to go with me.

Mickey

Say it ain't so. That is food porn.

nolaegghead

This is a family forum.  We have obfuscated many un-family-like words into 1337 (leet). This is food "pr0n".  Protect the innocent.