The Case for Keto: Rethinking Weight Control and the Science and Practice of Low-Carb/High-Fat Eating
By Gary Taubes

After a century of misunderstanding the differences between diet, weight control, and health,and The Case for Ketoand revolutionizes how we think about healthy eating--from the best-selling author ofand Why We Get Fatand andand The Case Against Sugar.Based on twenty years of investigative reporting and interviews with 100 practicing physicians who embrace the keto lifestyle as the best prescription for their patients' health, Gary Taubes gives us a manifesto for the twenty-first-century fight against obesity and diabetes.For years, health organizations have preached the same rules for losing weight: restrict your calories, eat less, exercise more. So why doesn't it work for everyone? Taubes, whose seminal bookand Good Calories, Bad Caloriesand and cover stories forand The New York Times Magazineand changed the way we look at nutrition and health, sets the record straight.The Case for Ketoand puts the ketogenic diet movement in the necessary historical and scientific perspective. It makes clear the vital misconceptions in how we've come to think about obesity and diet (no, people do not become fat simply because they eat too much; hormones play the critical role) and uses the collected clinical experience of the medical community to provide essential practical advice.Taubes reveals why the established rules about eating healthy might be the wrong approach to weight loss for millions of people, and how low-carbohydrate, high-fat/ketogenic diets can help so many of us achieve and maintain a healthy weightand for life.