Am I missing something? Is there any actual information in this article beyond
* Science in general and nutritional science specifically may or may not be sketchy (And this is news?),
* There are at least three ongoing, very interesting, apparently well-designed studies exploring the topic, with an emphasis on ongoing, and
* These three studies are the children of a researcher who lost weight when he changed his diet, an Enron billionaire, and Gary Taubes, a science journalist with a history of being very, very partisan. (No, really, go read Bad Science and then track down Polywater by Felix Franks---different scientific episodes, but with roughly similar hoo-ha involved; I'm talking about the style of the two discussions.
* Science in general and nutritional science specifically may or may not be sketchy (And this is news?),
* There are at least three ongoing, very interesting, apparently well-designed studies exploring the topic, with an emphasis on ongoing, and
* These three studies are the children of a researcher who lost weight when he changed his diet, an Enron billionaire, and Gary Taubes, a science journalist with a history of being very, very partisan. (No, really, go read Bad Science and then track down Polywater by Felix Franks---different scientific episodes, but with roughly similar hoo-ha involved; I'm talking about the style of the two discussions.