Gary Taubes
Investigative science and health journalist, author of Good Calories, Bad Calories, Why We Get Fat, The Case Against Sugar and Rethinking Diabetes, and co-founder of the Nutrition Science Initiative.
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If a scientific controversy exists, there is credible evidence; saying there is none misreads the evidence or defines credible as agreeing with you.
If there is a controversy, then there is credible evidence. It may not be compelling enough to believe the minority view, but to say “there is no credible evidence” is always to either misinterpret the existing evidence or to implicitly define the word credible as meaning that which agrees with my preconceptions.
uncertaintyprinciples.substack.comSaid 8 Feb 2026This on korrents
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Encouraging people with diabetes to try ketogenic diets and minimise drugs gives the most benefit to the most people; long-term drug therapy is the bigger worry.
I’ve come to believe that this approach will provide the most benefit for the most people. I worry about the complications of long-term drug therapy far more than I do long-term Medical Nutrition Therapy, provided, of course, that the MNT approach used is the correct one.
uncertaintyprinciples.substack.comSaid 14 Dec 2025This on korrents
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If a scientific controversy exists, there is credible evidence; saying there is none misreads the evidence or defines credible as agreeing with you.
If there is a controversy, then there is credible evidence. It may not be compelling enough to believe the minority view, but to say “there is no credible evidence” is always to either misinterpret the existing evidence or to implicitly define the word credible as meaning that which agrees with my preconceptions.
RFK Jr Gives the NY Times Reason to Write About Keto and Schizophrenia. Good News? Said 8 Feb 2026
The correct statement of the evidence on keto diets for schizophrenia is that a cure may be possible, even if that seems unlikely.
Still, the correct statement of the evidence is that a cure may be possible, even if we might personally consider that to be an unlikely possibility.
RFK Jr Gives the NY Times Reason to Write About Keto and Schizophrenia. Good News? Said 8 Feb 2026
Encouraging people with diabetes to try ketogenic diets and minimise drugs gives the most benefit to the most people; long-term drug therapy is the bigger worry.
I’ve come to believe that this approach will provide the most benefit for the most people. I worry about the complications of long-term drug therapy far more than I do long-term Medical Nutrition Therapy, provided, of course, that the MNT approach used is the correct one.
Diet or Drugs for Diabetes? Which Comes First? Said 14 Dec 2025
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It is human nature to overinterpret evidence, and the hardest part of science is not doing so.
As I learned, it’s human nature to overinterpret evidence; the insanely difficult part of science is not doing so.
Signs of Bad Science Said 30 Nov 2025
A range of studies from many places and methods showing the same result does not necessarily make a strong signal.
I do not believe that a “range of studies, from a range of places, using a range of methods, consistently showing a certain result” necessarily constitutes a strong signal. I would assume the opposite.
Signs of Bad Science Said 30 Nov 2025
The more important the science, the more researchers tend to lower their standard for a strong enough signal, when it should be the opposite.
A critical point is that the more important the science, the more likely researchers are to lower their standards for what constitutes a “strong enough” signal. It should be the opposite.
Signs of Bad Science Said 30 Nov 2025
Acting on weak evidence risks degrading the norms of scientific rigour, and the whole scientific enterprise absorbs the cost.
Acting on weak evidence can feel justified in the moment, but it risks degrading the norms of scientific rigor. If ambiguous data are treated as sufficient to declare harm—or safety—the entire scientific enterprise absorbs the cost.
Signs of Bad Science Said 30 Nov 2025
Where evidence is ambiguous, faith that something meaningful will be found becomes the currency researchers need to keep going.
On the front-lines, though, where the evidence is de facto ambiguous, faith that something new and meaningful will be discovered becomes the currency necessary to make progress.
Signs of Bad Science Said 30 Nov 2025
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Where they publish
Site garytaubes.com Author site
His books, lectures, events and a blog announcing new Substack posts.
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Newsletter uncertaintyprinciples.substack.com Uncertainty Principles, his Substack
Fortnightly essays on nutrition, obesity, diabetes and the quality of health science; most posts are for paid subscribers, a few are public.
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