Nina Teicholz

The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat, and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet Nina Teicholz

Publisher Marketing: Dish up the red meat, eggs, and whole milk! In this well researched and captivating narrative, veteran food writer Nina Teicholz proves how everything we ve been told about fat is wrong. For decades, Americans have cut back on red meat and dairy products full of bad saturated fats. We obediently complied with nutritional guidelines to eat heart healthy fats found in olive oil, fish, and nuts, and followed a Mediterranean diet heavy on fruits, vegetables, and grains. Yet the nation s health has declined. What is going on?In "The Big Fat Surprise," Teicholz reveals how sixty years of nutrition science has gotten it so wrong: how overzealous researchers have made basic scientific mistakes that, through a mix of ego and bias, allow dangerous misrepresentations to become dogma, and how scientists who dared oppose this consensus have been ostracized. For eight years, Teicholz has pored over the massive research literature and interviewed hundreds of leading experts to unravel the shockingly distorted claims of nutrition studies. She brings these researchers to life and shows how their ambitions, loyalties, and rivalries have undermined a field of research already full of difficult pitfalls. With a lively narrative style akin to Michael Pollan s in "The Omnivore s Dilemma" and the scientific rigor of Gary Taubes in "Good Calories, Bad Calories," Teicholz convincingly upends the conventional wisdom about "all "fats. Her groundbreaking claim is that more dietary fat leads to better health, wellness, and fitness. Science shows that reducing the saturated fat in our diets has been disastrous for our health as a nation, and we can, guilt-free, welcome these whole fats back into our lives." Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/15/2013 pg. 47 (EAN 9781451624427, Hardcover) Library Journal 05/01/2014 pg. 93 (EAN 9781451624427, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2014 (EAN 9781451624427, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 09/01/2014 pg. 39 (EAN 9781451624427, Hardcover) LJ Best Books of Year 12/01/2014 pg. 32 (EAN 9781451624427, Hardcover) Kirkus Best Nonfiction 12/01/2014 pg. 48 (EAN 9781451624427, Hardcover) Choice 05/01/2015 pg. 1538 (EAN 9781451624427, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Teicholz, Nina Nina Teicholz has written for "Gourmet" magazine, "The" "New Yorker", " The Economist", " The New York Times", " "and "The Washington Post". She also reported for National Public Radio. She lives in New York with her husband and two sons. Contributor Bio:  Bennett, Erin Erin Bennett is an actress, singer, and voice-over artist whose passion for storytelling informs her love of narrating audiobooks. Her genres vary widely from contemporary fiction to mysteries to science fiction and romance.