Author: Marion Nestle

  • Carbs versus Fats: The NuSI Study

    Carbs versus Fats: The NuSI Study

    In this article Marion Nestle comments on the recently released NuSI Study and the ongoing and much talked about debate about whether fat or carbohydrate is responsible for obesity. As explained by Julia Belluz of Vox, the main scientific model behind the low-carb approach is the “carbohydrate-insulin hypothesis”, which journalist Gary Taubes, Harvard professor David…