--- title: "7 Fats Quotes By Gary Taubes" description: "7 Fats quotes by Gary Taubes. Plus more from Gary Taubes and more Fats sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/gary-taubes-11659_calories_the-point-to-keep-in-mind-is-that-you-do_296880.png" --- > [The point to keep in mind is that you don't lose fat because you cut calories; you lose fat because you cut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/the-point-to-keep-in-mind-is-that-you-don-t-lose-fat-because-you-cut/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/gary-taubes-11659_calories_the-point-to-keep-in-mind-is-that-you-do_296880.png) > [The simplest way to look at all these associations, between obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer, and Alzheimer's (not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/the-simplest-way-to-look-at-all-these-associations-between-obesity/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48a/gary-taubes-11659_alzheimer_the-simplest-way-to-look-at-all-these-as_307623.png) > [We don't get fat because we overeat; we overeat because we're getting fat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/we-don-t-get-fat-because-we-overeat-we-overeat-because-we-re-getting/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b6/gary-taubes-11659_fats_we-don-t-get-fat-because-we-overeat-we-o_591159.png) > [The simple answer as to why we get fat is that carbohydrates make us so; protein and fat do not](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/the-simple-answer-as-to-why-we-get-fat-is-that-carbohydrates-make-us/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/gary-taubes-11659_answers_the-simple-answer-as-to-why-we-get-fat-i_867015.png) > [Even though fructose has no immediate effect on blood sugar and insulin, over time -maybe a few years-it is a likely cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/even-though-fructose-has-no-immediate-effect-on-blood-sugar-and/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/gary-taubes-11659_blood_even-though-fructose-has-no-immediate-ef_1093042.png) > [“Our brains, for instance, are 70 percent fat, mostly in the form of a substance known as myelin that insulates nerve cells…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/our-brains-for-instance-are-70-percent-fat-mostly-in-the-form-of-a/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/gary-taubes-11659_blood-sugar_our-brains-for-instance-are-70-percent-f_1441254.jpg) > [Just as animal research tells us that gluttony and sloth are side effects of a drive to accumulate body fat, it also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/just-as-animal-research-tells-us-that-gluttony-and-sloth-are-side/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd2/gary-taubes-11659_active_just-as-animal-research-tells-us-that-gl_2206588.jpg) ## Other authors on Fats ## More by Gary Taubes > [“Canned breakfast juices had first appeared during Prohibition, motivated by grape growers who could no longer sell their products as wine, and by orange…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/canned-breakfast-juices-had-first-appeared-during-prohibition/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) > [“The bottom line is something that’s been known (and mostly ignored) for over forty years. The one thing we absolutely have to do if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/the-bottom-line-is-something-that-s-been-known-and-mostly-ignored-for/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) > [“The most important and most easily measured would be waist circumference. But other factors include small, dense LDL (or a high apoB or LDL…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/the-most-important-and-most-easily-measured-would-be-waist/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) > [“It may be easier to believe that we remain lean because we're virtuous and we get fat because we're not, but the evidence simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/it-may-be-easier-to-believe-that-we-remain-lean-because-we-re/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) > [“By 1952, the University of Minnesota nutritionist Ancel Keys was arguing that high blood levels of cholesterol caused heart disease, and that it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/by-1952-the-university-of-minnesota-nutritionist-ancel-keys-was/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) > [The point to keep in mind is that you don't lose fat because you cut calories; you lose fat because you cut out the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/the-point-to-keep-in-mind-is-that-you-don-t-lose-fat-because-you-cut/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) > [The simplest way to look at all these associations, between obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer, and Alzheimer's (not to mention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/the-simplest-way-to-look-at-all-these-associations-between-obesity/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) > [“In particular, raising blood sugar will increase the production of what are known technically as reactive oxygen species and advanced glycation end-products, both of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/in-particular-raising-blood-sugar-will-increase-the-production-of/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) > [“In Type 1 diabetes, the cause is a lack of insulin. The result is an inability to use glucose for fuel and to retain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/in-type-1-diabetes-the-cause-is-a-lack-of-insulin-the-result-is-an/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) > [“The point to keep in mind is that you don’t lose fat because you cut calories; you lose fat because you cut out the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/the-point-to-keep-in-mind-is-that-you-don-t-lose-fat-because-you-cut-2/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) > [We don't get fat because we overeat; we overeat because we're getting fat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/we-don-t-get-fat-because-we-overeat-we-overeat-because-we-re-getting/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) > [“Those who ran the most tended to weigh the least, but all these runners tended to get fatter with each passing year, even those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/those-who-ran-the-most-tended-to-weigh-the-least-but-all-these/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) > [“The “remarkable sodium and water retaining effect of concentrated carbohydrate food,” as the University of Wisconsin endocrinologist Edward Gordon called it, was then explained…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/the-remarkable-sodium-and-water-retaining-effect-of-concentrated/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) > [“Does being “thin” ensure optimal “health”? No. It’s now well accepted that many lean individuals have the condition known as metabolic syndrome, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/does-being-thin-ensure-optimal-health-no-it-s-now-well-accepted-that/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) > [There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/there-is-a-theory-that-creativity-arises-when-individuals-are-out-of/) [Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fats/gary-taubes/#itemlist", "name": "7 Fats Quotes By Gary Taubes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The point to keep in mind is that you don't lose fat because you cut calories; you lose fat because you cut out the foods that make you fat-the carbohydrates.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gary Taubes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/the-point-to-keep-in-mind-is-that-you-don-t-lose-fat-because-you-cut/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/gary-taubes-11659_calories_the-point-to-keep-in-mind-is-that-you-do_296880.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/gary-taubes-11659_calories_the-point-to-keep-in-mind-is-that-you-do_296880.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/gary-taubes-11659_calories_the-point-to-keep-in-mind-is-that-you-do_296880.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The point to keep in mind is that you don't lose fat because you cut calories; 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