The Case for Keto

Rethinking Weight Control and the Science and Practice of Low-Carb/High-Fat Eating

By: Gary Taubes

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

After a century of misunderstanding the differences between diet, weight control, and health, The Case for Keto revolutionizes how we think about healthy eating - from the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat and The Case Against Sugar.

Based on 20 years of investigative reporting and interviews with 100 practicing physicians who embrace the keto lifestyle as the best prescription for their patients' health, Gary Taubes gives us a manifesto for the 21st-century fight against obesity and diabetes.

For years, health organizations have preached the same rules for losing weight: restrict your calories, eat less, exercise more. So why doesn't it work for everyone? Taubes, whose seminal book Good Calories, Bad Calories and cover stories for The New York Times Magazine changed the way we look at nutrition and health, sets the record straight.

The Case for Keto puts the ketogenic diet movement in the necessary historical and scientific perspective. It makes clear the vital misconceptions in how we've come to think about obesity and diet (no, people do not become fat simply because they eat too much; hormones play the critical role) and uses the collected clinical experience of the medical community to provide essential practical advice. Taubes reveals why the established rules about eating healthy might be the wrong approach to weight loss for millions of people, and how low-carbohydrate, high-fat/ketogenic diets can help so many of us achieve and maintain a healthy weight for life.

This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF containing diagrams, lists, notes, and the bibliography.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2020 Gary Taubes (P)2020 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

"Gary Taubes deserves a national science medal for helping to raise the critical question of why the food we eat is killing us. He hasn’t sat on the sidelines saying just do more of the same. As a result, his insightful reading of the medical literature offers new hope to people suffering from obesity." (Kevin Schulman, MD, Professor of Medicine, Stanford University)

"In my 40 years as a nutrition professor, I've never run across a diet book that so clearly explains how to follow a weight-loss diet and why it works. In addition, Gary Taubes shows how continuing the Keto Diet contributes to good health for years to come." (Janet C. King, PhD, Professor of the Graduate School, Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley)

"In The Case for Keto Gary Taubes vigorously challenges the conventional view that low-fat, plant-based diets are healthy and that eating fats is risky, providing an historical context of the effectiveness of keto diets that goes back more than 150 years. I thoroughly recommend the book to anyone who struggles with weight control." (Lewis Cantley, director of the Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York Presbyterian Hospital)

Inspiring

I feel so inspired to make a change in my nutrition. The research is presented in a practical, approachable way that addresses all the questions someone might have about starting and maintaining a ketogenic lifestyle. Thank you for writing this book.

Great Book, Loads of Info

This was a GREAT book. Loads of information without being totally overwhelming. I would recommend this to ANYONE. It wasn’t just informational, but encouraging and practical. Highly recommend!

Very reasonable

I would recommend this book to everyone interested in dieting and health. The book makes convincing arguments for the keto lifestyle. It addresses all of the controversies surrounding keto. It reassured me that continuing this way of eating would improve my health, part of my journey down the rabbit hole.

love this book

his research is deep. he plays out fair and even handed. but his explanations are so good he leaves little room for doubt. I have bought 3 hardcovers and gifted them

Great for anyone

I really enjoyed this book, as I have Taubes previous books! I have read quite a bit about keto/paleo/carnivore/ect from numerous authors over the past 5 years of eating low carb. This book continued to provide new and interesting information about the history and science of keto. This is a great book for anyone new to keto and wanting to hear a compelling narrative or a seasoned low carber who enjoys learning more on the subject.

No nonsense and common sense

I loved this book for it's practical wisdom. It was easy to listen too, very informative and it just makes sense.

Worthy of repeat reading

Full of great information. Makes a relatively complex system and pathway much simpler. It’s relatively simple but we might make it complex because we aren’t willing to be ALL in. As I had my conversion experience, I kept fearing I was going to be sick at some point. Never happened and now someone else has written about it. Many people can gain confidence by not feeling so alone.

clear and concise

nicely done, the facts of this lifestyle are laid out. They're not trying to sell you something and I appreciate the indepth perspective given!

Excellent history/overview of keto/lchf!

I've followed Taubes for years and read all of his work, and I think this text is a great distillation of what he's been saying all along. He takes a complex subject matter and makes it very accessible for anyone who takes the time to read/listen to the information. The narrator, Holter Graham, is also excellent at keeping the pace lively and interesting even when it dips into otherwise dry scientific matter. Highly reccommended!

Helpful

Emphasis not on a specific version of low carb but on need for the individual to practice, to eliminate problem foods, and to adjust eating to personal experiences and goals including changes over time. The beginning seemed a bit repetitious, but he is making a case against the traditional explanations for and treatments of obesity. Takes a well considered long view of adapting to a healthy lifestyle for yourself.