Nina Teicholz is an investigative science journalist and author as well as an advocate for evidence-based nutrition policy. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Independent, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker, among other places. She grew up in Berkeley, California, and now lives in New York.
"Nina Teicholz reveals the disturbing underpinnings of the
profoundly misguided dietary recommendations that have permeated
modern society, culminating in our overall health decline. But
The Big Fat Surprise is refreshingly empowering. This
wonderfully researched text provides the reader with total
validation for welcoming healthful fats back to the table, paving
the way for weight loss, health and longevity."--David Perlmutter,
MD, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Grain Brain: The
Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs
"A page-turner story of science gone wrong: what Gary Taubes did in
Good Calories, Bad Calories for debunking the connection
between fat consumption and obesity, Nina Teicholz now does in
Big Fat Surprise for the purported connection between fat
and heart disease. Misstep by misstep, blunder by blunder, Ms.
Teicholz recounts the statistical cherry-picking, political
finagling, and pseudoscientific bullying that brought us to yet
another of the biggest mistakes in health and nutrition, the
low-fat and low-saturated fat myth for heart health."--William
Davis, MD, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Wheat Belly:
Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Bac
"The Big Fat Surprise delivers on its title, exposing the
shocking news that much of what "everybody knows" about a healthy
diet is in fact all wrong. This book documents how
misunderstanding, misconduct and bad science caused generations to
be misled about nutrition. Anyone interested in either food or
health will want to read to this book."--Nathan Myhrvold, author of
Modernist Cuisine
"Nina Teicholz's The Big Fat Surprise is essential reading
on the saturated fat debate . . . Blew my mind."--Malcolm
Gladwell
"The Big Fat Surprise is a gripping narrative. . . Teicholz
reminds us to critically question research and, more importantly,
challenge unjustified extrapolation. . . Researchers, clinicians,
and health policy advisors should read this provocative
book."--Stuart Spencer "The Lancet "
"[Teicholz] has a gift for translating complex data into an
engaging forensic narrative . . . [The Big Fat Surprise] is
a lacerating indictment of Big Public Health . . . More than a book
about food and health or even hubris; it is a tragedy for our
information age. From the very beginning, we had the statistical
means to understand why things did not add up; we had a boatload of
Cassandras, a chorus of warnings; but they were ignored,
castigated, suppressed. We had our big fat villain, and we still
do."--The Wall Street Journal
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