Adding to earlier discussion of that question, here is an excellent article in the LA Times.
Addendum: A long article in the NY Times on exactly this question appeared minutes after I posted the above.
Adding to earlier discussion of that question, here is an excellent article in the LA Times.
Addendum: A long article in the NY Times on exactly this question appeared minutes after I posted the above.
Seth, the author of the NYT article is Gary Taubes, a brilliant science writer who writes a lot about how the conventional wisdom is often wrong. (He has a book coming out that lines up nicely with your Shangri-La work.)
Yes, that’s important. Taubes’s previous article in the NY Times Magazine was “What if it’s all been a big fat lie?” — meaning the idea that low-fat diets are a good way to lose weight. This one article, in 2002, caused a big national boom in low-carb diets, including Atkins and South Beach. I have been waiting for the book ever since.