The Elusive Benefits of Undereating and Exercise: from Why We Get Fat (A Vintage Short) by Gary Taubes

The Elusive Benefits of Undereating and Exercise: from Why We Get Fat (A Vintage Short) Reviews

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  Kate Puleo Unger

  This short snippet from Gary Taubes' Why We Get Fat presents a compelling case against under-eating and exercise as a way to lose weight or avoiding gaining weight. It's a great teaser for the full book, but it's not the greatest summary because it doesn't include the main argument. In Why We Get Fat, Taubes reveals that it is processed sugar and white flour that lead to weight gain in the first place, and, thus, the only way to lose weight is to eater less sugar and white flour. If you're looking for help with weight, you're better off reading the full book. Or at least skimming it.
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  Melanie

  Most of the pages left me feeling super hopeless, anxious, confused and triggered.
  I've known a lot of people that lost a lot of weight steadily while eating in a slight deficit and exercising for an hour daily.
  Of course it is true that exercising will make you more hungry and the appetite can be just as high on rest-days as it is when exercising.
  I do agree that moderate exercise is the best and extreme exercise can hinder your weightloss because it's not always sustainable and will make you hungrier.
  But at the end of this book I'm still a bit confused and to be honest, I wish I wouldn't have read this book because all it did was making me doubt my diet+exercise routine (which is working well and showing results.)
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  Bonnie

  This never answered the question brought up by the title.
  
  Can't believe I spent 20 minutes reading this book. I was waiting for a solution, or a list of benefits, but it never developed. Do not waste your time on this book, find another by the author that is a little bit more honest about giving you information that you can use.
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  Hitessh

  This book is part of the whole.
  
  The book is an excerpt from "Why We Get Fat". The Book tells us about all the research that proves that exercise and dieting will reduce weight and also about all the researches that tell us , that the methods are only short lived and people regain what they have lost automatically ( wish it happened for wealth) , once they stop following the ritual.
  
  So what will make you loose weight and help to maintain it permanently ? No this book does not even mention that, maybe the parent book has the answers. This Book only tells us about what we are made to believe that works and how wrong that belief is !!
  
  This Selling of Book by dissecting the book into chapters seems to be a good way to increase Revenue. When you can't sell the Whole it in Pound, Sell the parts in pennies.
  
  The Book as such is a part is an incomplete read , so one has to get hold of the Main Book to get the entire picture !!!
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  Rick Yvanovich

  Elusive is the key word. Having believed what everyone appeared to be saying or what popularly one reads in the media seems to have been debunked by this author. Have we all really been that gullible as to believe the experts ? The arguments presented or rather the experts arguments and research called out for their lack of definitive findings gives rise to the thought that this is yet another industry built on falsehoods. A provocative and enlightening read leaving me still feeling somewhat elusive of what the real answer is or maybe that's the whole point as now I want to read more of this authors books in search of the answer.
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  Brett's Books

  Common Sense Nutritional Analysis
  
  As Mr Staub points out, it does seem to be the case that the more we exercise the more we eat, simple wisdom from a bygone era, banished in an effort to sell books, diets and tapes. Mr. Staub does not tell the reader how to solve the weight loss dilemma, only suggests we critically 5ink about the nutrition industry’s to the problem.
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  Aran Chandran

  A concise argument of current accepted norms
  
  If one hasn’t read either Good Calories, Bad Calories or Why We Get Fat, this would be a good primer into his school of thought on the subject. For those that have, it’s covering the same ground in a more concise manner.
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  Allison Altepeter

  Love looking at the studies behind the headlines. It's very helpful as I seek nutritional ways to reduce inflammation.
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  Elizabeth

  His journalistic integrity and willingness to see both sides of his arguments makes his writing attractive and trustworthy.
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  Carlos Gallardo

  Well researched and brings scientific backing to what some would consider fad diets. Gary shows that the problem is not fat but the empty carbohydrates and grains that have moved humans away from their optimal diet and are causing much of the diseases of modern societies. He uses scientific and anthropological based evidence to clearly demonstrate the case. I tried it as a skeptic and 60 lbs later I am a believer that his research is correct.
  
  Great read that also exposes the politics behind our current "diet". Strongly recommended.