Rethinking diabetes : what science reveals about diet, insulin, and successful treatments

Summary: 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: print
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.