Good Calories, Bad Calories

Taubes believes that eating the right kind of calories is more important than the number of calories we eat. He writes that we have been taught for decades to believe that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates are better and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more. However, despite this advice, he says, there have been epidemics of obesity and diabetes. This book shows us that it is refined carbohydrates, like white flour, easily digested starches and sugars, which are at the root of our health problems.