Comments on: Gary Taubes

By: MisterQuebec

MisterQuebec — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:31:03 +0000

I think everyone should create his own diet. When they see they’re looking for, then they shoud keep doing what they’re doing.

By: LardInATubeSock

LardInATubeSock — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:19:06 +0000

Taube’s writing is aimed at people with no academinc education in nutrition.
He tries to pretend that there is some “controversy” us vs. them and plays on the anti-authority aspect of writing aimed at Vegan-hippy people. ALL te stuff he says is debated in academia, he is not bringing forth any controversy that isn’t discussed.

By: TheBadAssCanadian

TheBadAssCanadian — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:17:19 +0000

dear god, I wish she would shut up and let the man talk. she kept cutting him off from finishing his points.

Anyways, as a guy who has been involved in fitness and training and diets for a number of years, I can say that what he is saying is fundamentally true… though I am no scientist to refute any of it.

Based on my own observations with diet, I will get really lean on higher protein and fat diets while limiting my carbs to only good ones and in smaller amounts.

Works like a charm

By: nine9s

nine9s — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:20:55 +0000

“ALL te stuff he says is debated in academia, he is not bringing forth any controversy that isn’t discussed.”

If so, this is still the first that almost anyone has heard this information.

By: grantsinmypants2

grantsinmypants2 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:35:34 +0000

Besides the fact that you’re accusing the most pro-meat diet out there are trying to appeal to vegans, you’re off the mark when you claim that Taube’s complaints against authority are unrealisitic.

There very much is an authority encsonced in government and big business with a vested interest in making diets that compete with the standard American diet uncompetitivie.

Think USDA dietary guide, grain subsidies, NAIS, environmental restrictions preventing wilderness to be used as ranch land.

By: LardInATubeSock

LardInATubeSock — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:12:16 +0000

I was using Vegan in ints more political sense in the fact that a lot of vegans move from “stance” to “stance” usually starting with an extreme position of veganism and then jumping ship to almost another extreme. I have seen it many times. Taube’s is unrealistic because he does not know how to assess laboartoty and population studies and overreaches on many things. I agree with some of his ideas, but as I stated, theya re debated in academia as I write this. I have a degree in nutrition science

By: LardInATubeSock

LardInATubeSock — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:17:13 +0000

CONTINUEd, I have degree….so I do have some insider knowledge. Yes, there is a lot BS in nutrition, and politics, but I have done research into nutrition reccomendations and wasn’t funded by any company. The recommendations are currently sound with some tweaks needed. I have an issue with deriving data from population studies as aooposed to experimental, but constantly overreaches and makes conclusions. He has no science degree or qualifications and is aligned with BS organizations.

By: grantsinmypants2

grantsinmypants2 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:07:51 +0000

What does it mean to have a science degree? You said yourself that there is BS in politics. Who do you think ultimately decides what is and is not taught in government schools – where all of your “research unfunded by any company” – occurs?

And what BS organizations is Taubes aligned with? The Weston A. Price Foundation? The Drs. Eades? All of them meet your standards anyways. Eade’s both have MDs from the Univ. of AR, and Mary Enig has a PhD from UMCP.

By: grantsinmypants2

grantsinmypants2 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:49:40 +0000

As for your point that this stuff is being debated in academia… who? where?

Just because some people can grasp the point that even if government regulatory agencies and educational institutions are still, ultimately, influenced by Big Agra, and are opposed to the, doesn’t change the fact that those gov’t recomendations put “group considerations” – such as feeding poor people – before objective, scientific facts about how an individual should attain optimum health.

By: LardInATubeSock

LardInATubeSock — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:07:29 +0000

LOL how can you even begin to form an opinion without having a knowledge of biochemistry, chemistry, physiology, anatomy, microbiology, nutritional biochemical, statistics, research methods, and that is just to gain a general understanding Taubes is aligned with Weston Price. A horrible organization of reactionaries. Enig is a classic reactionary who preaches to people that have little training. Let me ask you, why don’t you go debate electrical engineering, you obviously don’t need training.