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FAT: NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL? Plus this: ?If Americans could eliminate sugary beverages, potatoes, w?

By Glenn Reynolds

FAT: NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL? Plus this: “If Americans could eliminate sugary beverages, potatoes, white bread, pasta, white rice and sugary snacks, we would wipe out almost all the problems we have with weight and diabetes and other metabolic diseases.”

That, of course, is the thesis behind various “paleo” diets and Gary Taubes’ book, Good Calories, Bad Calories, which I found fairly compelling. And Tim Ferriss is pushing pretty much the same line in his new book, The 4-Hour Body. It didn’t stop me from having french fries at lunch, though.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on December 21, 2010 (boomark / email).