Proteinaholic : how our obsession with meat is killing us and what we can do about it / Garth Davis, M.D. ; with Howard Jacobson, PhD.
An acclaimed surgeon specializing in weight loss delivers a paradigm-shifting examination of the diet and health industry's focus on protein, explaining why it is detrimental to our health, and can prevent us from losing weight.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062279309
- Physical Description: 377 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-377). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. Garth Davis, Proteinaholic. I'm Garth, and I'm a Proteinaholic ; My Road to Ruin ; My Quest for the Ideal Human Diet -- Part II. How We Became Proteinaholics. The History of Protein ; Protein Usurps the Nutritional Throne ; To Atkins and Beyond ; The Latest Flavor -- Part III. Death and Diseas by Protein. Research Truth and BS: How to Speak Science; Diabetes: It's the Meat That Makes You Sweet ; Hypertension: Protein Puts Us Under Pressure ; Heart Disease: Skip the Meat, Keep the Beat ; Obesity: It's Not About the Carbs ; Cancer: Fleshing Out the Protein Connection ; Preventing Premature Death -- Part IV. The Problematic Recovery Plan ; How Much Protein Do We Need? ; Reducing Animal Protein: The Why, How, and What ; Meal Plan. |
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Subject: | Proteins in human nutrition. Meat. Diet in disease. |
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