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Rethinking diabetes : what science reveals about diet, insulin, and successful treatments / Gary Taubes.

Taubes, Gary, (author.).

Summary:

"An eye-opening, comprehensive history of diabetes research and treatment, by the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat and award-winning journalist."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525520085
  • ISBN: 0525520082
  • Physical Description: 495 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-470) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Diabetes > Research.
Diabetes > History.
Nutrition.
Diet.
Genre: Self-help publications.
Informational works.

Available copies

  • 13 of 34 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 6 current holds with 34 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Marion Library 616.462 TAU (Text) 37810435811376 Adult New Nonfiction Checked out 02/01/2024


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