That’s a lot of research funds trying to win a glorified Twitter war that could be spent on more valuable research, feeding malnourished children, providing cheaper insulin to people with Type 1 Diabetes who are dying without it, or any number of more valuable pursuits. Since the NuSI days, Dr Kevin Hall has continued a barrage of expensive metabolic ward experiments in humans, apparently worth more than $100m, trying to kill Tabues’ pet Carbohydrate Insulin Model of obesity. Standford and the National Institutes of Health) also came to the table with large sums of research money. Rather than telling you about what they learned after spending $40m+ on research, Taubes seems to have brushed that little episode under the carpet and continues to re-tell the stories of centuries past, his old favourites.Īs an aside, NuSI only partially funded the experiments. However, sadly, it seems that, in spite of the learnings from valuable studies he has instigated, his thinking hasn’t changed much since 2002. Keto Lie #12: If in doubt, keep calm and keto on.Keto Lie #11: You should ‘eat fat to satiety’ to lose body fat.

Keto Lie #10: Stable blood sugars will lead to fat loss.Keto Lie #8: Insulin toxicity is enemy #1.Keto Lie #7: Fasting for longer is better.It’s all about reducing insulin and avoiding carbs Keto Lie #6: Food quality is not important.Keto Lie #5: Fat is a ‘free food’ because it doesn’t elicit an insulin response.

Keto Lie #4: Protein should be avoided due to gluconeogenesis.

Keto Lie #3: You should eat more fat to burn more body fat.

Keto Lie #2: You have to be ‘in ketosis’ to burn fat.

Keto Lie #1: ‘Optimal ketosis’ is a goal.

After publishing Big Fat Keto Lies, a number of people asked me to write a review of Gary Taubes’ new book The Case for Keto.Īfter writing a book unpicking the most common misconceptions and mistakes in low carb and ‘ketogenic’ diets through the lens of Nutritional Optimisation, I had a few thoughts.

Gary taubes why we get fat summary