I haven’t read “Good Calories Bad Calories” yet but I have read Taubes’ “Why We Get Fat”, which is, for lack of a better term a more ‘user friendly’ version. GCBC is definitely on my list though.
I’ve cut out carbs (grains specifically) and vegetable oil and eat mainly meat, eggs and butter now. 90 pounds lost so far but I’d like to lose maybe 30 to 40 pounds more.
Yes, Gary wrote “Why We Get Fat” precisely because so many people were put off by the more daunting bigger book. I haven’t lost weight-—but I do every time I go on his diet. It’s just that I’m married to a woman who is a baking goddess, and the stuff is (to me) irresistable. Since she doesn’t care that much about my body any more :) who am I to decline her cakes and cookies?