Nina Teicholz has written for Gourmet magazine, the New Yorker, the
Economist, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. She also
covered Latin America for National Public Radio. She lives in New
York with her husband and two sons.
Erin Bennett is an Earphones Award-winning narrator and a stage
actress who played Carlie Roberts in the BBC radio drama Torchwood:
Submission. She can be heard on several video games. Regional
theater appearances include the Intiman, Pasadena Playhouse,
Arizona Theatre Company, A Noise Within, Laguna Playhouse, and the
Getty Villa. She trained at Boston University and the London
Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
A page-turner story of science gone wrong: what Gary Taubes did in
Good Calories, Bad Calories for debunking the connection between
fat consumption and obesity, Nina Teicholz now does in The Big Fat
Surprise for the purported connection between fat and heart
disease. Misstep by misstep, blunder by blunder, Ms. Teicholz
recounts the statistical cherry-picking, political finagling, and
pseudoscientific bullying that brought us to yet another of the
biggest mistakes in health and nutrition: the low-fat and
low-saturated fat myth for heart health.-- "William Davis, MD, #1
New York Times bestselling author of Wheat Belly"
At last the whole truth about the luscious foods our bodies really
need!-- "Christiane Northrup, MD, New York Times bestselling
author"
For many years Americans have been told that low-fat diets are the
best way to prevent heart disease and lose weight. While heart
disease deaths have indeed dropped, the rate of heart disease has
not and the obesity rate is increasing...This fascinating book
raises important issues as Americans battle obesity, diabetes, and
cardiovascular disease...Thought provoking and well worth
purchasing.-- "Library Journal (starred review)"
Journalist Teicholz combs the science, or lack thereof, to learn
how the fats in the American diet grew horns and cloven
hooves...Solid, well-reported science in the Gary Taubes mold.--
"Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"
Nina Teicholz reveals the disturbing underpinnings of the
profoundly misguided dietary recommendations that have permeated
modern society, culminating in our overall health decline. But The
Big Fat Surprise is refreshingly empowering. This wonderfully
researched text provides the reader with total validation for
welcoming healthful fats back to the table, paving the way for
weight loss, health, and longevity.-- "David Perlmutter, MD, #1 New
York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain"
This meticulously researched book thoroughly dismantles the current
dietary dogma that fat--particularly saturated fat--is bad for us.
Teicholz brings to life the key personalities in the field and
uncovers how nutritional science has gotten it so wrong. There
aren't enough superlatives to describe this journalistic tour de
force. I read it twice: once for the information and again just for
the writing.-- "Michael R. Eades, MD, New York Times bestselling
author of Protein Power"
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