Comments on: the sweet smell of failure http://knackeredhack.com/2009/03/12/the-sweet-smell-of-failure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-sweet-smell-of-failure the curious study of broken things Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:24:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nancy Boy Fellows http://knackeredhack.com/2009/03/12/the-sweet-smell-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-89061 Nancy Boy Fellows Wed, 13 May 2009 03:13:07 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2009/03/12/the-sweet-smell-of-failure/#comment-89061 Timbo..if you want Gazzaz email let me know. An FT interview would be goodly Timbo..if you want Gazzaz email let me know.

An FT interview would be goodly

]]> By: knackeredhack http://knackeredhack.com/2009/03/12/the-sweet-smell-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-68115 knackeredhack Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:39:54 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2009/03/12/the-sweet-smell-of-failure/#comment-68115 @Charles I agree it is like a whodunnit. And it warrants rereading. Thanks for the link, I'll check it out. @Tim Part of what Taubes describes is the role the media played, and specifically the New York Times' food and health writer in advancing the low-fat, high-carb mantra against what was then the conventional wisdom you describe. I then cascaded uncritically through the wider press. @Methuselah Perhaps I'll give the unsweetened cocoa a second chance. Tim @Charles
I agree it is like a whodunnit. And it warrants rereading. Thanks for the link, I’ll check it out.

@Tim
Part of what Taubes describes is the role the media played, and specifically the New York Times’ food and health writer in advancing the low-fat, high-carb mantra against what was then the conventional wisdom you describe. I then cascaded uncritically through the wider press.

@Methuselah

Perhaps I’ll give the unsweetened cocoa a second chance.

Tim

]]> By: Methuselah - Pay Now Live Later http://knackeredhack.com/2009/03/12/the-sweet-smell-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-68097 Methuselah - Pay Now Live Later Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:08:19 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2009/03/12/the-sweet-smell-of-failure/#comment-68097 Perhaps paradoxically, I love unsweetened cocoa and am capable of consuming large amounts. I have been wondering whether its the association with sugar that gives it this attraction. I also love hazelnuts, as they remind be of Cadbury's nut chocolate from my school days... Perhaps paradoxically, I love unsweetened cocoa and am capable of consuming large amounts. I have been wondering whether its the association with sugar that gives it this attraction. I also love hazelnuts, as they remind be of Cadbury’s nut chocolate from my school days…

]]> By: Tim Beadle http://knackeredhack.com/2009/03/12/the-sweet-smell-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-68077 Tim Beadle Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:46:47 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2009/03/12/the-sweet-smell-of-failure/#comment-68077 Interesting. I've often said to people worrying about their fat intake "fat doesn't make you fat; sugar does. Fat clogs your arteries" based on nothing more than received wisdom. Interesting. I’ve often said to people worrying about their fat intake “fat doesn’t make you fat; sugar does. Fat clogs your arteries” based on nothing more than received wisdom.

]]> By: Charles http://knackeredhack.com/2009/03/12/the-sweet-smell-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-67941 Charles Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:43:10 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2009/03/12/the-sweet-smell-of-failure/#comment-67941 The Taubes book is probably the best and most thoroughly-researched book on the subject ever. I've been reading on this subject for a few decades (read the Yudkin book when it came out) and Gary's book just blew me away. If you like this kind of thing at all, it reads like a novel, or a detective story. I couldn't put it down. Okay, I'm weird that way. And if you want to see a quick and funny (or shocking) analysis of the whole fat vs. cholesterol vs. sugar thing, check out Peter's blog post: http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/2009/03/cholesterol-within-nations-studies.html The Taubes book is probably the best and most thoroughly-researched book on the subject ever. I’ve been reading on this subject for a few decades (read the Yudkin book when it came out) and Gary’s book just blew me away. If you like this kind of thing at all, it reads like a novel, or a detective story. I couldn’t put it down. Okay, I’m weird that way.

And if you want to see a quick and funny (or shocking) analysis of the whole fat vs. cholesterol vs. sugar thing, check out Peter’s blog post:

http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/2009/03/cholesterol-within-nations-studies.html

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