WEIGHT LOSS: Physician-reader Mike Kauzlarich writes:

I know I’ve written to you once about this already, but I just had to write to again say thank you so much for turning me on to Gary Taubes and the entire lower-carb dieting approach. Now after four months of largely avoiding any foods containing wheat, corn, potatoes, rice or sugar products, I have almost effortlessly lost 32 pounds without ever feeling particularly hungry or feeling “deprived” of anything. I’ve gone from barely fitting into size 36 pants to size 32, which I haven’t fit into since around the inauguration of the first President Bush. I feel the best I’ve felt in years, I exercise more now because I actually feel like I have the energy to do so, and I couldn’t be more pleased. Not only have you, through Mr. Taubes, helped me, but you are also helping several patients whom I have started on this dietary approach and the results speak for themselves. I guess you lawyer types can teach us doctor types a thing or two after all! :-) Keep up the good work!

I keep getting these kinds of emails. I encourage people to combine the Taubes approach with some Mark Rippetoe-style strength training.