I watched this lecture the other day, by Gary Taubes, author of Good Calories, Bad Calories. He essentially debunks the theory that people get fatter by eating more calories than they expend.

He says that excessive carbohydrates are the cause of obesity. And he uses a lot of science to back up his claims.

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Latest posts in the Mission: Six-pack Abs series:

• Join me for The Primal Blueprint 30-Day Challenge
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Eating Meat
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Good Calories, Bad Calories
• Mission: Six-pack Abs: My latest fitness acquisition
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – I’ve been slacking…
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 53 – Photo Update
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 46 – Making progress, slowly
• Shrink Yourself: A program that helped me finally break past my weight loss plateau
• Healthy Tanning vs. Unhealthy Tanning
• Why is it so hard to stop Emotional Eating?
• 7 Ways to Recognize If You Are an Emotional Eater
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 35 – More Weight Loss Secrets
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 32 – Refocusing My Efforts
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 31 – Starting back up again
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 23
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 22
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 21 – Photo Update
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 20
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 19 (Another benefit: a healthier back)
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 18
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 17
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 16
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 15
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 14
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 13
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 12
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 11
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 10
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 9
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 8
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 7
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 6
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 5
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 4
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 3
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 2
• Mission: Six-pack Abs – Day 1
• Mission Six-pack Abs: A Personal Experiment

Mission: Six-pack Abs