The inevitable backlash against the New York Times Magazine piece by Gary Taubes has arrived. In today's Washington Post, the health section's lead story is "What if the Big Fat Story is Wrong?" by Sally Squires.

It is actually a decent piece, analysing many of the specific claims in the Taubes piece and re-interviewing some of his sources.

The gist of it is that Taubes either discounted or did not include many studies indicating successful weight loss with a low-fat diet, often because he simply did not find the research or the researchers credible.

(Frustratingly, it seems to me that some of these studies seem to reduce both fat AND carbs, or reduce calories seemingly without isolating glucose impact.)

And so, as the article concludes, the public will now be left more confused than ever.

Read the story and judge for yourself:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...-2002Aug23.html