Essentially, Campbell claims that Taubes fails to distinguish between the carbohydrates in foods such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains, versus that from refined carbohydrates.
Also, he claims that Taubes mis-represents the "low-fat" diet advocated by most health officials since the 1970's - and that the SAD (Standard American Diet) has never really been low-fat. It has around 30% of calories from fat, as opposed to the 10 - 12% that he advocates. Hence, when we compare a low-carb, high-fat diet against the normal "low-fat" diet, we're really just going for a high-fat, high refined carbohydrate diet, which is meaningless.
He also points to some studies, and says we need to do more research on the long-term effects of high-fat, low-carb diets:
I don't know if I'd agree with everything yet, and I'm definitely not vegan...haha.
But I've found I've been trying to exercise fairly regularly (cycle to work, swim/run), and keep my portion sizes small. I've been eating a tonne of fruit lately though...lol.
Also, he claims that Taubes mis-represents the "low-fat" diet advocated by most health officials since the 1970's - and that the SAD (Standard American Diet) has never really been low-fat. It has around 30% of calories from fat, as opposed to the 10 - 12% that he advocates. Hence, when we compare a low-carb, high-fat diet against the normal "low-fat" diet, we're really just going for a high-fat, high refined carbohydrate diet, which is meaningless.
He also points to some studies, and says we need to do more research on the long-term effects of high-fat, low-carb diets:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23372809
I don't know if I'd agree with everything yet, and I'm definitely not vegan...haha.
But I've found I've been trying to exercise fairly regularly (cycle to work, swim/run), and keep my portion sizes small. I've been eating a tonne of fruit lately though...lol.