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  • Gary Taubes on "Why We Get Fat"

    01/01/2012 7:21:08 PM PST · by Altariel · 61 replies
    San Francisco Gate ^ | April 4, 2011 | Debra Levi Holtz, Special to The Chronicle
    Ten years ago, science writer Gary Taubes exercised an hour a day. He avoided fat in his diet, never even using milk in his oatmeal. But he kept gaining weight. As an experiment, the self-described carnivore tried the high-protein, low-carbohydrate Atkins diet - eating bacon and eggs for breakfast, pepperoni with melted mozzarella for lunch, and a steak for dinner - and lost 20 pounds in six weeks. Since then, Taubes, an award-winning journalist and best-selling author, has stuck with the diet and spent countless hours collecting evidence to prove that it's not how much we eat but what we...