"Today, when we see the unprecedented, epidemic spread of morbid obesity and diabetes, against which nutrition experts and public health institutions seem powerless, we can rightly question the validity of [the traditional] view..."

What could be the reason that despite millions of people following the established rules of healthy eating, they still can't lose weight? For years, health organizations have been preaching the same rules to those trying to lose weight: limit calorie intake, eat less, exercise more. Why are these tips ineffective in so many cases? And how can a low-carb, high-fat ketogenic diet help us maintain a healthy weight for life? Why do we get fat? In his latest work, the author of the best-selling book dispels hundred-year-old misunderstandings about the relationship between diet, weight loss and health.

In the defense of keto, the XXI. revolutionary manifesto of the 20th century in the fight against obesity and diabetes. Basically, it wants to change what we think about healthy eating and about foods that can be eaten safely or are forbidden. Gary Taubes wrote his book as a result of twenty years of research and interviews with a hundred practicing doctors. It clearly describes the fundamental errors in the approach we take to obesity and nutrition today - no, we don't get fat because we simply eat too much, the role of hormones is key - and gives practical advice based on the collected clinical experience of the medical community.

GARY TAUBES is a science and health investigative journalist, whose work has been recognized with several prestigious international awards. He studied applied physics at Harvard, an engineering degree at Stanford University, and a journalism degree at Columbia University. His fourth volume in defense of keto.