Books like Why we get fat and what to do about it by Gary Taubes

Exploring how the food industry’s reliance on salt, sugar, and fat fuels addictive eating habits, this book uncovers corporate strategies that have shaped modern diets and contributed to obesity, diabetes and other health crises.

Gary Taubes explains how refined carbohydrates, not total calorie count, drive obesity and diabetes, arguing that healthier choices focus on the type of calories consumed rather than simply reducing intake.

A Buddhist leader and a Harvard nutritionist explore the intersection of food, health, and environmental sustainability in a groundbreaking approach to eating with Buddhist wisdom.

Discover practical strategies to break free from unhealthy eating habits, eliminate guilt and anxiety, and embrace lasting food freedom with expert guidance from the Whole30 co-creator.

An actionable 30‑day plan that uses the Whole30 reset to improve health, reduce cravings and boost energy, supported by the Hartwigs’ nutrition science and real‑life success stories.

Gary Taubes explains how certain carbohydrates, not just excess calories, drive the obesity epidemic—and offers a practical low‑carbohydrate diet to curb weight gain.

Robert H. Lustig explains how modern food industry practices, especially the rise of added sugar, have reshaped human biochemistry and contributed to chronic disease, and offers science‑based strategies to regain hormonal balance and improve health.

Gary Taubes argues that sugar—linked to diabetes, obesity and fatty liver disease—is a modern health threat comparable to tobacco, backed by evidence of addiction and industry influence.

Not another diet book: After seven years of research in every science connected with the impact of nutrition on health, science writer Taubes shows that almost everything we believe about a healthy diet is wrong. We are taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more--yet we see unprecedented epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Taubes argues persuasively that the problem lies in refined carbohydrates, via their dramatic effect on insulin, and that the key to good health is the kind of calories we take in, not the number. He also argues that there is no compelling scientific evidence that saturated fat and cholesterol cause heart disease. Based on the evidence, he concludes that the only healthy way to remain lean is to eat fewer carbohydrates or to change the type of carbohydrates we eat.--From publisher description.

A brilliant debunking of the popular misconceptions on health and diet that also takes a hard look at the corporate world of the diet industry.Where mainstream nutritional science has demonised dietary fat for 50 years, hundreds of millions of dollars of research have failed to prove that eating a low-fat diet will help you live longer. Nutrition and obesity scientists have struggled to make sense of the paradox that obesity has become an epidemic, that diabetes rates have soared and the incidence of heart disease has not declined despite the fact that society is more diet and health aware today than generations ago.The Diet Delusion is an in-depth, scientific, groundbreaking examination of what actually happens in your body as a result of what you eat, rather than what the diet industry might have you believe happens and is essential reading for anyone trying to decide which diet - low-fat or low-carbohydrate - is truly the healthy diet.For years we have been deluded by the dieting industry. Now it's time to find out the truth.

A practical guide to Whole30‑compliant meals made in 30 minutes or less, featuring dishes like roasted salmon with tomatoes and fennel, shrimp stir‑fry over cauliflower grits, and Moroccan chicken with sweet potatoes.