Issues brought up in the book Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes.

1. Am I Healthy Yet?

6. Fat: Guilty by Association? A lot of marketing is going into foods with reduced, or no fat content. But could the increased sugar, hydrogenated oils, and thickening agents used to replace the fat actually be less healthy than if the foods had just been left alone.

7. A Poorly Explored Variable Fatty Acid Composition

13. Saturated Fat Saturated Fat Blood Saturated Fat Levels Low Carb Diet (45 g CHO/d) Low Fat Diet (208 g CHO/d) Saturated Fat Synthesis Saturated Fat Intake (12 g/d) Saturated Fat Synthesis Saturated Fat Intake (36 g/d) Saturated Fat Burned as Fuel Saturated Fat Burned as Fuel

14. Despite a >3-fold greater intake of saturated fat… ...a low carbohydrate diet results in a 2-fold greater reduction in total saturates in triglycerides -12% -5% -57% -24%

18. MIT Study Performance Parameters Baseline 4 Wks Ketosis VO 2 max (L/min) 5.1 5.0 Endur @65% VO 2 max (min) 147 151 RQ CO2 produced/O2 consumed 0.83 0.72* Pre Musc Gly ( mMol/kg) 143 76 Post Musc Gly 56* 53* WBC (biomarker of inflammation) 5.2 4.5*