The Low-Carb Fraud

The Low-Carb Fraud

By T. Colin Campbell PhD
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“The Low-Carb Fraud comes from a leader in nutritional science who outlines how the popular proponents of a low-carb diet are failing and provides a critical assessment of the belief that carbohydrates are bad. All carbs, indeed, aren’t equal, and to consider them as such holds dangerous ramifications for health. Any who are considering a low-carb approach to nutrition should start here: it provides insights on nutrition and food management and is a ‘must’ for any who would go beyond diet promises to understand the nutritional foundations for healthy versus unhealthy diets.”

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By now, the low-carb diet’s refrain is a familiar one: “Bread is bad for you. Fat doesn’t matter. Carbs are the real reason you can’t lose weight.”

The low-carb universe Dr. Atkins brought into being continues to expand. Low-carb diets, from South Beach to The Zone and beyond, are still the go-to method for weight loss for millions. These diets’ marketing may differ, but they all share two crucial components: the condemnation of “carbs” and an emphasis on meat and fat for calories. Even the latest diet trend, the Paleo diet, is—despite its increased focus on some whole foods—just another variation on the same carbohydrate fears.

In The Low-Carb Fraud, longtime leader in the nutritional science field T. Colin Campbell outlines where and how the low-carb proponents get it wrong: where the belief came from that carbohydrates are bad and why it persists despite all the evidence to the contrary. The foods we misleadingly refer to as “carbs” aren’t all created equal, and treating them that way has major consequences for our nutritional well-being.

If you’re considering a low-carb diet, read this book first. It will change the way you think about what you eat—and how you should be eating to lose weight and optimize your health, now and for the long term.

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  1. Rogue Writer

    Taking Potshots and Missing

    Maybe I’m being a little sensitive, but this book strikes me as an obvious knee-jerk reactionary rant against Gary Taubes and his book Good Calories, Bad Calories. Perhaps, it’s because Taubes’ points out all the errors that resulted from the loosely drawn conclusions taken from Campbell’s famous China Study. Having read Good Calories, Bad Calories, I know that Campbell got many of the things he asserts about Taubes’ findings wrong. In addition, he accuses Taubes of poor scientific rigor and of selling products. Anyone who has experienced Taubes’ book could say without doubt that Campbell’s assertion is flat-out wrong, as GC,BC was so scientifically rigorous that it reads like a trudge through thick mud. And as for selling product? No such thing. Campbell would be wise to note that he’s pointing his finger back at himself on both charges. Cambpell also seems to think that just because he has PhD tacked on to his name we should all accept what he says as truth without him having to back up his points with scientific rigor. One of the worst aspects of how this book is written is all the name calling, a sure sign of someone who is not confident in their own authority. The book is not completely without merit, but overall, it reads like so many of the other snake-oil salesman type medical books currently on the market. The most redeeming aspect of this audiobook is Don Hagen's narration. His handle on the copious medical and scientific terms is superb.

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