Keep in mind we will only stay on a chapter for one week and then the discussion will be closed for that chapter. The following is the full schedule of the upcoming chapter discussions:
October 29th-November 4th--Prologue A Brief History of Banting
November 5th-November 11th--CHAPTER 1 The Eisenhower Paradox
November 12th-November 18th--CHAPTER 2 The Inadequacy of Lesser Evidence
November 19th-November 25th--CHAPTER 3 Creation of Consensus
November 26th-December 2nd--CHAPTER 4 The Greater Good
December 3rd-December 9th--CHAPTER 5 Diseases of Civilization
December 10th-December 16th--CHAPTER 6 Diabetes and the Carbohydrate Hypothesis
December 17th-December 23rd--CHAPTER 7 Fiber
December 24th-December 30th--BREAK FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
December 31st-January 6th--CHAPTER 8 The Science of the Carbohydrate Hypothesis
January 7th-January 13th--CHAPTER 9 Triglycerides and the Complications of Cholesterol
January 14th-January 20th--CHAPTER 10 The Role of Insulin
January 21st-January 27th--CHAPTER 11 The Significance of Diabetes
January 28th-February 3rd--CHAPTER 12 Sugar
February 4th-February 10th--CHAPTER 13 Dementia, Cancer and Aging
February 11th-February 17th--CHAPTER 14 The Mythology of Obesity
February 18th-February 24th--CHAPTER 15 Hunger
February 25th-March 2nd--CHAPTER 16 Paradoxes
March 3rd-March 9th--CHAPTER 17 Conservation of Energy
March 10th-March 16th--CHAPTER 18 Fattening Diets
March 17th-March 23rd--CHAPTER 19 Reducing Diets
March 24th-March 30th--CHAPTER 20 Unconventional Diets
March 31st-April 6th--CHAPTER 21 The Carbohydrate Hypothesis, I: Fat Metabolism
April 7th-April 13th--CHAPTER 22 The Carbohydrate Hypothesis, II: Insulin
April 14th-April 20th--CHAPTER 23 The Fattening Carbohydrate Disappears
April 21st-April 27th--CHAPTER 24 The Carbohydrate Hypothesis, III: Hunger and Satiety
April 28th-May 4th--Epilogue
This schedule is subject to change based on the availability of moderators (Charles or I may need to take an unexpected break). But we'll let you know when the new thread is begun. PLEASE DO NOT START A NEW THREAD SINCE THIS IS A CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER DISCUSSION! Charles will begin each week with his own personal recap of that week's chapter and everyone can comment and react with their own impressions and questions from there.
Because I have built a good relationship with Gary Taubes, he has agreed to answer any specific questions that we as a group have about anything in his book. Keep in mind he is a very busy man and cannot always instantly respond to this and that. So if we have questions for him, then let's make sure they are REALLY GOOD and puzzling. Otherwise, we're abusing this privilege. Charles will let me know if there are questions that the group would like an answer to and I'll filter that to Gary Taubes myself.
It is a true honor to be able to discuss a book of this magnitude and I sincerely hope everyone will participate and learn from this intellectual, but highly-stimulating discussion of GOOD CALORIES, BAD CALORIES. Get your copy ready and hold on tight! This is gonna be one fun ride over the next six months!
