Proteinaholic
Subtitle: how our obsession with meat is killing us and what we can do about it
By: Garth Davis, M.D. ; with Howard Jacobson, Ph. D.
Contributors: Jacobson, Howard, 1930- author
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780062279309
Subjects: Proteins in human nutrition; Meat; Diet in disease
Other titles: Protein-aholic
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-377).
Table of contents: title: Part I: Garth Davis, proteinaholic. I'm Garth, and I'm a proteinaholic ; My road to ruin ; My quest for the ideal human diet; title: 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; title: 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; title: Part IV: The proteinaholic recovery plan. How much protein do we need? ; Reducing animal protein : the why, how, and what ; Meal plan.