![]() ![]() ![]() But he does give us a tour through the history of thought about nutrition and what he felt he learned by talking to many scientists, with an emphasis on what the more contrarian scientists said. ![]() ![]() Stephan mentions repeatedly the " Igon Value Problem," which refers to a term " coined by Steven Pinker in a review of Malcolm Gladwell's book What the Dog Saw." Malcolm Gladwell did not know what an eigenvalue was, and so misheard it as an "Igon value." Similarly, Gary Taubes is not himself a scientist and so does not fully understand everything he is talking about. Here, let me evaluate Stephan's arguments.įirst, I should say that I start out expecting less from journalists like Gary Taubes than the standard that Stephan Guyenet wants to judge them by. As a result, more than one person has pointed me to Stephan Guyenet's blog post critical of The Case Against Sugar. Although its practical advice is vastly inferior to Jason Fung's books The Obesity Code, and The Complete Guide to Fasting , I liked Gary Taubes's book The Case Against Sugar. ![]()
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