A groundbreaking study that reveals how decades of misleading science and policy unjustly demonized the high-fat diet, which might actually be our healthiest option.

For the past 60 years we have been told that a low-fat diet can protect against obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.  Yet despite many of us taking this advice in the developed West, we are now in the midst of an obesity epidemic that is breeding serious health problems.  Recent more rigorous scientific work has overturned some of the shoddier theories of earlier decades to demonstrate conclusively that we have been needlessly avoiding red meat, cheese, whole milk, and eggs for decades, and that we can now, guilt-free, welcome these delicious foods back into our lives.

Erica Wagner * Financial Times *

‘Deeply disturbing in showing how overenthusiastic scientists, poor science, massive conflicts of interest, and politically driven policy makers can make deeply damaging mistakes … This book shook me … Teicholz has done a remarkable job.’

Richard Smith  * British Medical Journal *

‘Hugely refreshing … [The Big Fat Surprise] picks holes in old nutritional studies to reveal that a higher fat diet is almost certainly healthier in every way than one low in fat and high in carbohydrates. A fresh and thought-provoking outlook that will have you reaching for the creamy cheeses, sausages and bacon.’

William Davis, MD, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Wheat Belly

‘The Big Fat Surprise delivers on its title, exposing the shocking news that much of what “everybody knows” about a healthy diet is in fact all wrong. This book documents how misunderstanding, misconduct, and bad science caused generations to be misled about nutrition. Anyone interested in either food or health will want to read to this book.’

About the Author

Nina Teicholz wrote on food and nutrition science for Gourmet and Men’s Health magazines.  She was a reporter for NPR for five years.  She also contributed, on a variety of topics, to the New Yorker, Economist, Washington Post, New York Times, and Salon, amongst others.  In addition, she served as associate director for the Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development at Columbia University.  Teicholz was a student of biology at Yale and Stanford and earned a graduate degree from Oxford.  She lives in New York City with her husband and their sons.

The Details:

ISBN: 9781925228106
ISBN-10: 192522810X
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 384
Published: 2nd July 2015
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Country of Publication: AU
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.9  x 2.4
Weight (kg): 0.35
Edition Type: Revised