I haven't read anything recent from Taubes but is he still peddling the Atkins diet or has he moved on to the Paleo diet?! I find it irritating that Taubes ends up cherry picking data to support his hypothesis.

But then I subscribe to the Lyle McDonald-Mark Rippetoe line of thought when it comes to nutrition-fitness ideology.

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Edit:If it interests anyone, here's a transcript from a Larry King Live episode hosted by Joy Behar with Gary Taubes on to talk about his book and Dr. Mehmet Oz + Gillian Michaels and Dr. Andrew Weil (an "integrative" medicine evangelist)

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0710/19/lkl.01.html

My main problem with Taubes is that he dismisses exercise and portion control/moderation in favor of his Atkinsian approach