Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet - Why Butter

Incredible book. Great sequel to the greatest treatise on diet and health ever written, Gary Taubes Good Calories Bad Calories. Teicholz picks up the baton and in the same thorough investigative style underscores points Taubes makes and then delves deeper in many other important areas. She again exposes the myth and hoax of the "diet heart hypothesis" foisted on us by a cadre of exclusive, elitist, over enthusiastic, non scientific low fat advocates with a zeal based more on politics than science. She also dares to challenge the sacrosanct highly touted so called "Mediterranean diet" and the political and economic basis for it's rise in popularity as well. These are the two greatest diet/health books ever written. I've read Good Calories Bad Calories 9 times (thanks to Audible.com) and am now on my second reading of "The Big Fat Surprise." These books are so loaded with insight and information, thanks to both authors rigorous research, that they both deserve multiple reads. I used to say I felt sorry for anyone who had never read Good Calories Bad Calories, now I say the same for this book. @pjensenmd.

After reading Gary Taubes' masterpiece "Good Calories, Bad Calories" I thought there couldn't be enough fresh material on the "low-fat" myth/fraud to fill another rather large book. I was wrong. Lots of fascinating research on Nina's part and a VERY entertaining writer--very pleased I purchased!! P.S. The chapter on the burning of polyunsaturated oils is EXTREMELY scary!!

Ms. Teicholz has read all the studies and researched into how today's notion of nutrition came to be. She contrasts what passes for "nutrition science" with unbiased research, including questioning the established opinions "facts" when repeatable experiments contradict it.

It's a very good read, very enlightening!

Everyone should read this! Obviously our nutrition recommendations from the past however many decades have not been helpful- there is no denying we are sicker than ever, both physically and mentally. That being said, even if you don't agree with her at the end of the book (which I personally found her work to be very convincing) it is important that we as a nation(and world?) start reexamining our nutrition approach.

On another level, she has answered a lot of questions I've had about nutrition over the years. I was impressed by the research presented and personally have been changing my eating habits since reading this and other materials- so far the experiment has been very worth it. I've enjoyed this read very much!

This clear, well researched book lays bare the utter bankruptcy of our government and the nutrition establishment on the topic of fat and carbs. And despite what we know it feels so unlikely that a chance will come any time soon. This book is excellent and needed.

I picked up "Big Fat Surprise" on the recommendation of a friend, and it really exceeded my expectations in terms of being not only an informative read, but also a fun and interesting one. The book is incredibly well researched and tells an interesting narrative not just about food but also about the people and institutions around it. I was surprised to end up learning a lot about nutritional science and its institutions, epidemiology, clinical methodology, bureaucracy, and even human nature among many other things.

Highly recommended read - I think you'll be surprised at how interesting and broadly applicable this book is.

Everything about how to eat and be healthy was dramatically WRONG. FAT is "NOT" the enemy! SUGAR is! And Carbs! This focuses upon the history of how incorrect dietary information was taught millions, based largely upon the "impressions" of Medical Professionals - and NOT upon scientific, controlled studies. Dr. Adkins WAS on the right track after all ! This is a fascinating read, giving FACTS, not conjecture and personal opinions but facts gleaned from thousands of records, scrupulously examined by Nina Teicholz, and written in a language that common folk can understand.
We've been fooled ! I'm losing weight where years of trying previously only increased my weight, put me in the Diabetic blood glucose range and increased my blood pressure. Now, enjoying real butter, no limit on eggs, whole cream in my coffee, fat meat, bacon has my blood sugar "significantly lower" said my M.D., losing 3 to 4 pounds a month, and NOT being hungry or feeling like I'm starving. It's great! Carbs, white flour, sugar are the real enemy and are contributing to our premature death!
The scientifically varifiable truth is available. This book has the history and results of iron-clad scientific findings that has convinced us that eating largely the way our ancestors did on the farm, is the healthy way to eat . Stop the white flour, pasta, chips, crackers, bread, pastries, and have a hamburger with bacon and lose weight and grow healthier!

This book amazing. I am interested in the subject but what really makes this book so good is that it is written in "fast read" language that is very engaging. There is a lot of information about a lot of studies but in narrative format which is very enjoyable. Very good information about what is so wrong with our national diet and why such poor information was accepted as common knowledge.

Wow! A complete eye-opening stunner!!! I would give this book 100 stars if that was possible. At first I thought I just bought another "New York Bestseller" so “tap tap” on the shoulder for an overly advertised and marketed book but that all changed by page 10. I am not finished with the book, only 1/3rd through but a few important factors to guide you:

1) the book is unbiased. The author is not a researcher and did not start her research deliberately dooming one side versus the other

2) the book is 600 pages long BUT 300 of those pages are citations to references she dug up and included in her work! Invaluable and priceless! This not only lands great accolades to her work but also helps scientists to find the relevant information to fight the camp that has got 75% of the American people sick and will continue until we are all sick unless we stop them. Unfortunately, many countries around the world are getting "Americanized" and thus end up with the same fate and this book can help all understand what is behind what.

3) I am sure many people reaching to even consider this book will think "well I know the story of Ancel Keys so why bother" but stop right there and get the book. You don’t know the story of Ancel Keys until you read this book!

4) The writer has a style that I particularly enjoy reading. Smooth, totally neutral, but can sounds snarky if you are particularly on one side or the other of the issues presented. I am on one side (the saturated fat side and the flipped health pyramid, in fat only half the pyramid and feed the grains, sugars and fruits to the cows please) so I really enjoy her mild comments that I personally can detect her discoveries pushing a pause on her deepest thoughts and just ends with a few words indicating what her thoughts may actually be but are not appropriate for print.

5) As a scientist myself, I am learning several things from this book. First of: I am not alone fighting the waves of currents so I should stop complaining and just "do it”; secondly, I now understand why big name academic journals publish only ancient stuff and NEVER dare putting themselves into the line of fire to the point that they have become useless to science in full. Thus the goal of fighting to get published in big name academic journals is pointless and a waste of time. Thirdly, as a scientist I feel ashamed at having had colleagues (indeed I had) who were ego driven and not the "do no harm" honoring types and I am clearly ashamed to have ever met them because I now understand that they are not really scientists. They are in business to become famous and make money; they don’t care about the health and well-being of people! I do so my association with those scientists is forever severed. So this has provided me strength to see through them and to stop even considering being part of their lives or research in any way! And finally, it gave me a personal boost because I know I am not "one of them" and I do what I do to improve the lives of others even if I have to do that grassroots in an underground movement.

6) If for not any of the above I was able to turn your interest toward this book, then just read it because it will make you into a healthy person!

Enjoy. This is a book to frame!

Arrived on time in great shape. Great book with lots of scathing information on how the debacle of of "fat is bad' came to rule the mindset of the FDA, USDA, and the American medical community. This should be a real eye opener for anyone interested in how food and drug recommendations are formulated and promoted.

"First, do no harm."

For me, this book represented the culmination of a personal journey into food. I began with Michael Pollan, whom Teicholz mentions on more than one occasion. If this book is your first step into a greater understanding of food, I suggest you also read some of Pollan's work, In Defense of Food and Omnivore's Dilemma. Or, watch his mini-series on Netflix, 'Cooked'. It is only 4 episodes long and is both visually and mentally stimulating. I guarantee after watching you'll be more inclined to actively decide what fuels your body and not passively let the food industry decide for you.

Because I was familiar with some of the overarching themes surrounding this book, the ideas presented did not shock me as much as it may to the lay person. Almost everything we've ever been told by our doctors and government agencies regarding dieting and healthy eating is WRONG. We have asked the penultimate question, "What should I be eating to be the healthiest possible person I can?", and the answers have been WRONG.

This book will frustrate you. You'll be angry not so much at Big Food, which no doubt had a role to play in our misguidance, but at the government officials and nutritional science community that allowed unsound science to form the basis of our nutritional recommendations.

If the book has one drawback, I would say that for many people, Teicholz's writing may be a bit technical. I am in the medical field and have a strong science background so her verbiage is natural to me, but for many it may be too complicated. If you do not have a science background, I would urge you to read slow, take a break to look up terms, definitions, etc. By the end of the book you should at least be able to explain the difference between saturated fat, monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat and trans fat. I'd venture to say this knowledge alone would be more than what 95% of the general population and 30% of doctors could tell you.

So read this book. Then share the message! Our government officials and major health organizations are NOT giving us the nutritional guidelines to avoid chronic health conditions and weight gain. So this knowledge must be passed and shared by concerned citizens.

Be well.

Ms Teicholz manages to provide ample, carefully annotated proof of her position that saturated fat is not unhealthy, without the dry writing style one would expect with a scientific/historical treatise. I could not put this book down! Imagine my surprise as, just as she fully convinced me that dietary cholesterol was not linked to heart disease, the nightly news informed me that FINALLY the authorities had come to the same conclusion.

EVERYONE who grew up during the "low-fat era" should read this book! It has completely changed my family's eating habits for life.

Packed full of useful information backed by solid scientific facts and findings. Lots of surprising stuff here; will help you make the switch to eating Keto from what you've always been taught. Was a book highly recommended from a couple of friends whom have lost 50+ lbs on Keto and say they are feeling great!

Every one should read this book. It is astonishing how little real science we have concerning diet. Shoddy science coupled with an arrogant government aligned with a profit motivated industry is killing us and threatens to bankrupt this country. Most people just have no idea. Read the book.

This phenomenally well-researched and written book may well be the game changer for some in the food industry as it reveals their role in expanding the incidence of chronic diseases/conditions such as coronary heart disease, Type II diabetes, and obesity that were rare before the turn-of-the-19th-century. There were plenty of older people in the 19th century who did not get these diseases (even where the top ten causes of death were from infectious disease), but today these age groups are overwhelmed with many of these otherwise mostly avoidable diseases.

Perhaps the most important aspect of this book is that it is easy to read, which cannot be said for many books with this degree of complexity. Beginning in the 1920's, advances in technology made possible food substances that do not exist in nature, such as refined seed oils which when heated give off incredibly toxic aldehydes and a substance known as HNE. This book is a must read for anyone who cares about his own health as well as the more global social and health consequences of the population as a whole.

Her scientific analytical skills are particularly good at finding inconsistencies and contradictions in dense academic articles that escape many highly educated readers. Virtually everyone has been led to believe by official dietary policy "experts" that low fat and high carbohydrate diets (the diet-heart hypothesis) are optimal for health, when it is exactly the opposite. High saturated animal fats, low refined carbohydrates, and the elimination of most seed oils (olive oil being the least problematic) have repeatedly been shown to be optimal for health, just like they were in the 19th century and before.

In the 19th century and before, saturated animal fats were consumed almost daily and refined carbohydrates did not exist to any great extent (compared to today). This strongly suggests that most of the chronic diseases that plague us today for the most part can be avoided or prevented by a diet that emphasizes non-processed foods.

Polyunsaturated fats do lower cholesterol a small amount, but it is now being shown that an elevated blood cholesterol LDL level is not the primary mechanism of coronary artery heart disease. Ms. Teicholz convincingly shows how these misguided dietary policies have created an absolute health disaster. Low fat diets were particularly focused on eliminating saturated animal fats in favor of polyunsaturated seed oils (canola, soybean, corn, etc.). Polyunsaturated seed oils are far more dangerous and destructive than saturated fat because they have carbon double-bonds that react to create destructive compounds, particularly aldehydes.

Alarmingly, it has been known since at least 1950 that when these oils are heated even to modest levels achievable in every kitchen (again, olive oil is the least problematic), these highly toxic substances are inhaled in addition to being consumed in the final products. There is research that suggests that this is the culprit for a significantly higher degree of lung cancer than predicted in women who have never smoked who stir-fry in enclosed spaces.

Many otherwise well-meaning women in the last 30 years took "expert" dietary advice very seriously and fed their children very low-fat diets, which has been shown to adversely affect intelligence, growth, and other essential aspects of development. The conclusion is inescapable; we are a nation that is far sicker and overweight than ever before in our history, and it can be traced directly to now provably incorrect conclusions that saturated animal fats are bad and carbohydrates are good.

Political pressure has compelled many restaurants to get rid of beef tallow and other healthy saturated animal fats used to fry food for polyunsaturated vegetable oils. Particularly since TRANS fats were removed, these oils are more toxic than ever before. Instead of doing the right thing, which is to go back to saturated animal fats, some large restaurant chains developed special ventilation hoods that are not economically feasible for most people in their kitchens. In large part because of the Internet and books of this type, many members of the public are learning the truth and taking steps to prevent these otherwise avoidable diseases.

Very good research. A different look at fat science, contradicting main-stream medical practices of today, and reflecting what I have observed in practice over the years but was unable to confirm through standard text books.

An eye opener. Heart healthy, low fat diets have been pushed on us by the food industry for many years. These diets are making us fatter and are contributing to heart disease. A well-written, easy to understand book that will make you rethink what you eat.

This book is definitely worth reading. Everyone needs to take a certain amount of responsibility for their own health. Blindly accepting nostrums pushed by one powerful personality is not useful. Even if you wind up disagreeing with the writer's conclusions, it's important to know that there was a debate, the determination that fat is bad may well have been wrong, and that the science is far from settled. Read it and make up your own mind.

This is an incredibly well researched treatise on one of the greatest, and devastatingly far-reaching, nutritional mistakes (cover-ups is a more accurate word) propogated by the NIH and AHA upon the American people.

This book is unassailable, mind-blowing, and liberating.

For 1400 years astronomy had to work with the belief in an Earth-centered solar system. Ptolomy's model kept the Church happy and everyone else followed despite the fact that the model had a few problems--like Mars had to change direction every few years. Hopefully the wall of the high carb science will collapse in a shorter time.

This is a very detail oriented book on the history of the misguided attempt to solve heart disease in America. While I was already skeptical, it has thoroughly cemented my distrust in American medical research because of the extreme influences of politics and food manufacturers. The book is somewhat tedious, but I am not sure how else such a convoluted system could be accurately described and documented. I highly recommend for anyone who is seeking the real truth for a heart healthy diet.

Nina Teicholz is an incredible author and her research in nutrition that is so poorly studied by even top scientists in the field is truly a game changer. The current research in nutrition and public health leaves much to be desired with terrible scientific methods and poor animal models. Hence, it is truly riveting when an author from a completely different field is able to shed light by pointing out scientific sins that big names in nutrition like Ancel Keys have committed to push their research for profit and fame by disregarding the actual science. Anyone interested in science or in nutrition or in changing their lifestyle should really read this book

I bought this book because I was considering going on a low carb diet. I did Atkins diet a few years ago with success but wife wanted to go to weight watchers for a healthier low fat diet. After three years we decided to try a low carb diet because the low fat diet was not working any more. To my good fortune, in searching for diet schedules I happened upon this book. Of course this is not a diet schedule, this is far more beneficial. The explanation of how our society arrived at our present diet health policy is intriguing. Knowing the way bureaucracy, and human nature, works in any organization, science - medicine - government - media, it is easy to accept the accuracy of this book. I would suggest this book to anyone for not only the historical interesting read that it is but also for the health revelations it will provide. As for Nina Teicholz "THANK - YOU".

The best science book of 2016. You will learn the history behind the fallacy of the dangers of fat, how it came to be that we have been living a hypothesis that despite trial after trial to prove the theory, has NEVER been able to prove it. That fat is bad for you. That's because it isn't. Fat is necessary to the body. We need it, not to cut it out. Learn the good fats vs. the bad fats. Bad fats create inflammation in the body, which in turn leads to athlerosclerosis, which leads to heart disease. Cholesterol is not the culprit, sugars are. When you eat a high carb diet, that creates insulin resistance, and weight gain. Middle age creep? That's all the carbs you've been eating all your life. All sugars. Breads, wheats, pastas, cereals, pancakes, waffles, cakes, chips, and allll the hidden sugars. Sugar is in practically everything. Read this book, learn the truth, and turn your health around.

This book is a great compliment to Gary Taubs books, Why We Get Fat and The Calorie Myth. This author takes the reader on a historic journey of where some of our dietary guidelines came from and why the Meditteranian diet became popular. It is less what Taubs touches on and more on the history of various diets. Oh, she does get you to understand why fat is important and what fats are best. I like this and keep it and mention it to other interested readers.

Fantastic reading ! Great information that I have been sharing w/ my DRs. Some have greatly changed their opinions of todays diets. My lab work has improved greatly. my weight is down 10 lbs. I feel so much better. I am now hearing the medical field is questioning their former beliefs and dietary education. I am enjoying my food again.

This book perfectly lays out the processes at work in the field of nutrition science in the 1950s, and explains how Americans were taught to believe that saturated fats are bad for us. In reality, carbohydrates and sugar are the drivers of heart disease and diabetes.

This book covers all the history and research of the experts we trusted to give us the best advice for healthy living. Ms Teicholz's writing is balanced and clear. If you have been following the low-fat, high carbohydrate diet and only getting fatter and sicker, read this book. You are in for a Big Fat Surprise!

Fantastic reading ! Great information that I have been sharing w/ my DRs. Some have greatly changed their opinions of todays diets. My lab work has improved greatly. my weight is down 10 lbs. I feel so much better. I am now hearing the medical field is questioning their former beliefs and dietary education. I am enjoying my food again.

This book perfectly lays out the processes at work in the field of nutrition science in the 1950s, and explains how Americans were taught to believe that saturated fats are bad for us. In reality, carbohydrates and sugar are the drivers of heart disease and diabetes.

This book covers all the history and research of the experts we trusted to give us the best advice for healthy living. Ms Teicholz's writing is balanced and clear. If you have been following the low-fat, high carbohydrate diet and only getting fatter and sicker, read this book. You are in for a Big Fat Surprise!

Thank you for doing the business here!
The book itself is a must to read!!! It blew my mind and heart away!!! I was really on an emotional ride becuz this helps me understand why my mom passed away. My opinion only but I know my mom was a guinea pig for these doctors for many years. Again, thank you so much!!!

This is essential information. Politics and money have kept it too well hidden! The antagonisms driven by the frankenfood, medical, and "correctional" institution industries, are shameful realities of our time and of this country.

There's plenty to be learned (and share), even if you've already figured out what to eat to be healthy.

It is shocking that we were ever convinced that a plant based diet was natural for humans. When one stops and thinks about the foods that smell and taste the best ----animal foods always come out on top. I think that the quote in this book "the smells are gone from breakfast and we are the better for it" sent chills down my spine. The man who made that statement was following the recommendations from "experts" to switch his bacon and egg breakfast to a cereal breakfast. The dogma is that our evolutionary instincts to crave meat are unhealthy for us? We should be eating barely palatable grains instead of what our nature desires? The arrogance behind the low fat dogma is breathtaking. Read this book. You will be healthier for it.

An excellent in depth look at how our "authorities" have been, (likely unwittingly) steering us to the exact opposite of what's actually good for us.

I can't believe that we are still urged to eat what is essentially a high carb diet, when it's so clear that the opposite is what's actually reversing this disease.

The only negative I found was the amount of references in the book made it a bit hard to navigate when reading in the Kindle app on my iPhone.

Everyone who thinks "Government Knows Best" should read this book! It is REVEALING and, at times, quite disturbing! We have personally eliminated "vegetable oils" from our own diet based on the research this author presents. She is a brilliant writer and she seems to know more about "scientific methodology" than many so-called "main-stream" scientists.

Ms Teicholz chronicles the efforts to determine what constitutes a healthy diet. A diet which should be based on science is instead founded on greed, egos, and politics (imagine that!). The result? The guidance espoused over the past 50 years or so by the US Government via the FDA has no basis in fact and is most likely completely incorrect. Since our government has no idea what it's talking about, I'll stick to my policy on healthy eating and drinking: "everything in moderation... including moderation".

If nothing else Nina Teicholz is a superb investigative reporter. She has spent a dozen years obsessed by one fact: Why are Americans so fat? What she has found will make your head spin. No, this is not an extension of the excellent books of Gary Taubes. It contains much new crucially important information. It brings together, for the first time, as far as I know, how this colossal blunder was shaped and created. Even if you are not a low-carb devotee you will find the story fascinating.
It may also make you angry. It is time some of the “nutrition experts” and “authorities” who misled a nation start apologizing. But fat chance. They will have to die before new experts and authorities slide into their “prestigious” academic and governmental chairs and drastically change the nation’s diet recommendations.
The good news is that you are fat not because you are a pig or spend all your free time watching television. You are fat because you listened to these “experts.” It would be nice to say they had made honest mistakes but as you will see in the book it was much more than that. You can make a case for calling it fraud. I call discarding or ignoring information that doesn’t fit your hypothesis fraud. And also, creating a hypothesis out of meager and shaky information may not be fraud but is wretched science. And that’s what happened.
I won’t try to give you a summary of the book only to say it is very well written and meticulously researched. And if you want some practical advice I think the chapter on cooking oils is worth buying the book all by itself.
So a 50-year blunder that was a disaster for America’s health (we are around 17 in world health statistics d but number one in health costs) is slowly being corrected by authors like Teicholz and Taubes, who himself gave it a big impetus by his article in the New York Times a dozen years ago. It was titled: “What if it was all a big fat lie?”

What an incredible read! Ms. Teicholz spent nine years researching this book. As an animal scientist, we've long felt butter and animal fat have gotten a very raw deal in the government's guidelines and now we know why. With the USDA currently reviewing the Dietary Guidelines Committee's recommendations, this book will help you understand why the messaging about diet and nutrition are so messy and are evolving. It's not easy to do human nutrition research, and there are very big personalities in this field with massive egos and some questionable ethics. Ms. T lays it all out in the book with about a third of the book detailing the references she used. She basically did the work of a Ph.D. in researching this book. It will startle and amaze you. Very good reading also.

Excellent presentation of information in easy to understand segments - well researched studies presented with historical perspective and underlying political bias. Well worth your time and money to read!

Wow! This validates in many ways the things I have believed since going on the Atkins diet a few years ago. I lost almost 40 pounds over a 2 year period, had more good cholesterol and less "bad" cholesterol and lower glucose numbers. Yet, my doctor was very worried that I was on this diet. If you read this, also read "Missing Microbes" by Blaser. Combined, these two books will make you question the medical establishment,medical and nutrition guidelines and research, and the power of the food companies over our government,

Very engaging and extremely informative. I read it like a good mystery novel that was hard to put down, and finished reading it faster than my usual pace. The extensive detail that supports the science was compelling. Where earlier Atkins books failed to convince many, this book succeeds in getting it right with the breadth and depth of its research. Finally, a book that can be considered definitive on the subject matter and one that may end the debate on saturated fat versus low-fat/high-carb. And that may be the biggest surprise to come out of this book. -Roman La Torre, Simi Valley, CA

This book was chock full of information. The history of how saturated fat came to be maligned was very interesting. I now eat butter again, and enjoy eggs and cheese.
If Nina Teicholz were to write a book on sugar I would be interested to read that too.

90 percent of the information in this book has been available if you wanted to dig deep and read multiple books. No need to do that again, Read it and then Give this to all your fat friends who eat no fat!

This book is cautionary tale of putting so much trust in “experts” and the subsequent push by a to powerful government to force us to eat the preferred diet. Read this page turner and welcome yourself back into a guilt free life of eating wonderful, satisfying, fatty animal products and improve your health while you’re at it!!

amazingly entertaining page-turner exposing the epic FAIL of industry-funded bad science becoming even worse government-backed policy

this is a case study in how our corporate-funded institutions have failed us and have harmed millions of people for decades, despite original good intentions

i recommend this book to anyone who wants to take charge of their health-- it exposes the fallacies underlying the corporate "dietocracy" and the risks of government control of health choices

Nina Teicholz provides documentation about how the American public has been misinformed about fat (lipids) and lead to believe they are to be avoided. She outlines the political aspects that have perpetuated this misinformation. She reviews the role of the edible fat industry in attempting to block research on the adverse health effects of trans fats in the diet.
The book is well written and easy to understand.
It should be in the library of even one who is providing advice about healthy eating habits and every one who is interested in improving their own eating habits.

Very informative book. If your into low carb you will love it. If you are considering going low carb high fat it should help you make that decision. If you believe what the government tells you about nutrition you will hate. This book will help you figure out how big money runs the food industry. You must be strong enough to research and make your own decisions.

This book gives a detailed history of how Doctor Ancel Keys used dietary and health information from 7 nations cherry picked and manipulated from 22 nations to convince our government through the McGovern Senatorial Committee that a low fat high carbohydrate diet was needed. As a result, beginning in the 1970s, obesity, diabetes, Alzheimers, and many other health problems escalated to epidemic proportions today. Our health was far better with a high fat low carbohydrate diet.

Well written and researched. Reads like an in depth exposé of any crooked industry, it just turns out that the bad guys think they are the good guys and we have all mistakenly trusted the scientific community which has encouraged us to poison ourselves because they can't admit that they were wrong.

I found this a thoroughly detailed and precise account of the devious and dubious path of exceedingly poor science that fooled most of the medical profession and led to perhaps the most widespread health crises in our history. No matter how familiar the reader is with the subject, a number of valuable new items will be learned in reading this account. Essential reading for anyone planning for a long and healthy life.

This book is heavy on science and history but not in a boring way. I found it so interesting that I didn't want to stop reading. I've always been interested in nutrition policy though so if that's not your thing, you might find this boring. It's not a diet book, but more a well laid-out critique of science behind nutrition policy and how it got to be that way. I've read other books on the same subject but I definitely learned a lot of new things from this book.

What an enlightenment! This research makes total sense to me. Carbs have always made me fatter and more sluggish. Having eliminated sugar and deeply cut out carbs, I feel so much better, and have far fewer aches. Proof is in the pudding! Very well written! Great job!!

After two degrees in Food Science from premier universities inTexas and Indiana with 42 years of professional experience in three food companies in various states, I can assure you that food companies control our local, state and federal goverments significant actions in foods, the Big Fat Surprise.....is no surprise to the majority of those "educated" in food research. What a nice read and if we heed it's lesson on food consumption, we will become more disease free.