Warning: Controversy!

His book is compelling on several aspects, such as fat distribution in the body or as the fact that a human being is not a simple bomb calorimeter.

Where I think he must be careful with his analysis is when he puts all the blame on carbohydrates, trying to completely rule out the influence of calories.
As much as I agree that we must fight the dogmas in science (as when a consensus emerges from science to become an "established fact", we get to a dangerous situation where no one is questioning a statement like " cholesterol clogs the arteries "so that it is false), so be careful not to push too far affirmations least according to all scientific studies.

So congratulations for this enlightening book, which shows that the consensus on "fats are bad" was the dogma for 30 years. But we must also take a step back with arguments TAUBES and open up to other aspects it tends to leave out.

I think it is good to read TAUBES to trace the history of dogma, without making TAUBES said that a new dogma, which would be as bad as what he denounces.

His other book "Good Calories, Bad Calories" is even better than this one, but it's a huge paved written in English, so "Fat: Why it grows" is more accessible.

The latest report from the ANSES (Lipids, May 2011) can show that the dogma is crumbling and that the "official" science is beginning to realize it.