> For Taubes, dietary fat wasn’t a problem at all. Instead, the real danger was carbohydrate, he asserted, sparking a backlash, and fuelling the ongoing conversation about what constitutes a “healthy diet”<p>I've successfully lost 80 pounds in the past year after 10 years of yoyo dieting with low carb and counting calories. I did not become a healthy weight until I was counting calories on a <i>HIGH CARB</i> and <i>HIGH PROTEIN</i> diet and doing a significant amount of exercise 6 days a week. Meaning, 1 gram of protein per pound of lean body mass, 1 gram of fat per 1/3rd of your weight in pounds and as many carbs that fit in your calorie budget and at least 30 grams of fiber.<p>Note, I'm not giving advice to people with diabetes but the reason there are so many people with metabolic disease in this country is not carbs. It's lack of exercise (and walking) and processed high calorie food. Those french fries you are avoiding, the reason they have so many calories is not because of carbs, it's because of fat.<p>If you want to lose weight and you plan to also exercise, going low carb will hamstring you. The difference between running in the morning fasted and running after eating a single banana is the difference between feeling like you are being tortured and being able bounce around like a bunny.<p>I was literally lying in bed all day with 0 mental energy on my diet because I went low carb. I failed my diet 3 times over 10 years because I believed the low carb bullshit. Go look around at how many people successfully lose weight, they all believe the same low carb stupidity.<p>I'm running 30 miles a week and lifting 6 days a week, if I went low carb I would be tired in bed all day. If you don't have diabetes or some other metabolic disease, don't go low carb.