Proteinaholic : how our obsession with meat is killing us and what we can do about it / Garth Davis, M.D.

  • Davis, Garth
Date:
[2015]
  • Books

About this work

Description

"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,"--Amazon.com.

Publication/Creation

New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]

Physical description

377 pages ; 24 cm

Contributors

Edition

First edition.

Notes

Includes index.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-377).

Contents

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 of proteinaholism : Paleo -- Part III: Death and disease 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 proteinaholic recovery plan. How much protein do we need? ; Reducing animal protein : the why, how, and what ; Meal plan.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    QU55.4 2015D26p
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780062279309
  • 0062279300
  • 9780062279316
  • 0062279319