The Low-Carb Fraud by T. Colin Campbell - ISBN: 9781940363097
Hardcover
Low-carb diets: Are you being fooled? Find out the truth.
  • Hardcover

    96 pages

  • Release Date

    25 February 2014

Summary

By now, the low-carb diet’s refrain is a familiar one: Bread is bad for you. Fat doesn’t matter. Carbs are the real reason you can’t lose weight.

The low-carb universe Dr. Atkins brought into being continues to expand. Low-carb diets, from South Beach to the Zone and beyond, are still the go-to method for weight-loss for millions. These diets’ marketing may differ, but they all share two crucial components: the condemnation of “carbs” and an emphasis on meat and fat for calories. Even…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781940363097
ISBN-10:1940363098
Author:T. Colin Campbell, Howard Jacobson
Publisher:BenBella Books
Imprint:BenBella Books
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:96
Release Date:25 February 2014
Weight:187g
Dimensions:186mm x 135mm
About The Author

T. Colin Campbell

T. Colin Campbell, PhD, has been at the forefront of nutrition research for more than 40 years. His legacy, the China Study, is the most comprehensive study of health and nutrition ever conducted. Dr. Campbell is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University. He has received more than 70 grant years of peer-reviewed research funding and authored more than 300 research papers. The China Study was the culmination of a 20-year partnership of Cornell University, Oxford University and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine.

Howard Jacobson, PhD, is an online marketing consultant, health educator, and ecological gardener from Durham, N.C. He earned a Masters of Public Health and Doctor of Health Studies degrees from Temple University, and a BA in History from Princeton. Howard cofounded an online marketing agency and is a coauthor of Google AdWords For Dummies. When Howard is not chasing groundhogs away from blueberry bushes or wrestling with Google, he relaxes by playing Ultimate Frisbee and campfire songs from the 1960s. His current life goal is to turn the world into a giant food forest.

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