Gary Taubes, author portrait
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Gary Taubes

GARY TAUBES is the author of six books, including the best sellers Good Calories, Bad Calories and Why We Get Fat. He is a former staff writer for Discover and correspondent for Science, and his writing has appeared on the cover of The New York Times Magazine and in The Atlantic, Esquire, and numerous “best of” anthologies, including The Best of the Best American Science Writing. He has received three Science in Society awards from the National Association of Science Writers and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research. He lives in Oakland, California.
Rethinking Diabetes
The Case for Keto
The Case Against Sugar
The Elusive Benefits of Undereating and Exercise
Why We Get Fat
Good Calories, Bad Calories

Books

Rethinking Diabetes
The Case for Keto
The Case Against Sugar
The Elusive Benefits of Undereating and Exercise
Why We Get Fat
Good Calories, Bad Calories

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