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Rethinking diabetes : what science reveals about diet, insulin, and successful treatments / Gary Taubes.
In 'Rethinking Diabetes', Gary Taubes explores the history and the treatment of diabetes, types 1 and 2, elucidating how decades-old research that is rife with misconceptions has continued to influence the guidance physicians offer-at the expense of their patients' long-term well-being.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525520085 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 495 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- The nature of medical knowledge -- The early history -- Diabetes in retrospect -- The fear of fat -- Insulin -- Rise of the carbohydrate-rich diet -- Good science/bad science, part I -- Good science/bad science, part II -- Good science/bad science, part III -- The end of carbohydrate restriction -- Diabetes and heart disease -- What you see is all there is -- Low blood sugar -- High-fat diets -- Very-low-carbohydrate diets -- Epilogue : the conflicts of evidence-based medicine. |
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| Subject: | Diabetes > History. Diabetes > Research. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | 616.462 Tau | 31681010354694 | NONFIC | Available | - |
GARY TAUBES is the author of six books, including the best sellers Good Calories, Bad Calories and Why We Get Fat. He is a former staff writer for Discover and correspondent for Science, and his writing has appeared on the cover of The New York Times Magazine and in The Atlantic, Esquire, and numerous âbest ofâ anthologies, including The Best of the Best American Science Writing. He has received three Science in Society awards from the National Association of Science Writers and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research. He lives in Oakland, California.
