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  1. 201
    Name: Julia Melamed on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: American Society of Bariatric Physicians
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  2. 202
    Name: Berniece Redmond, MD on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Carteret OB/Gyn
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  3. 203
    Name: Detlev Boison on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Legacy Research Institute
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  4. 204
    Name: Thomas J Huber, MD on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Retired
    Comments: I am a lot healthier since applying Mr. Taubes research to my own life,\.
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  5. 205
    Name: Joseph K. McLaughlin, PhD, MPH, MS on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: International Epidemiology Institute
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  6. 206
    Name: Alan Schaffer, MD, FCCP, DABSM on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: American Society of Bariatric Physicians
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  7. 207
    Name: Wendy Pogozelski on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: SUNY Geneseo
    Comments: Ms. Parker-Pope's article was really excellent in many respects. I applaud her honesty and her citations of some important studies as well as her superb writing style. The insulin-obesity axis is so well-established, however, that the public NEEDS to know about it. While dietary needs can vary from person-to-person, depending on age, sex, lifestyle, etc., and there is not a one-size-fits-all optimum diet, the role of insulin in weight gain is solid science. What is most telling is the fact that so many physicians have switched to advising their patients to restrict carbohydrates and raise fat in the diet, based on positive results in the short-term AND long-term. Also, this approach is backed up by our understanding of the biochemistry of insulin.
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  8. 208
    Name: George Themelis on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: none
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  9. 209
    Name: ROBERT M MEYER MD on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BARIATRIC PHYSICIANS
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  10. 210
    Name: Richard Cranford on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Chemical Engineer
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  11. 211
    Name: Dr. Ronald W. Dudek, PhD on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Brody School of Medicine
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  12. 212
    Name: Lesley MacIntyre-Nester on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Certified Medical Assistant AAMA
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  13. 213
    Name: John J. Collins, DC on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Clinician, Chiropractor, Private Practice
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  14. 214
    Name: Pam Young on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Gary's book changed my life!
    Comments: Six months ago, I was in “maintenance” after losing 35 pounds the calories-in-calories-out method and was starting to gradually gain it back like Ms. Pope described in her article. After reading Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes, I embarked on a high fat and restricted carbohydrate diet. The only negative was that I quit exercising (I was walking five miles six days a week 1,100 feet in elevation). I’ve increased my calorie intake of about 1,000 calories more a day and I’m not burning the 500 calories each day on my walk. If I were counting calories I should weigh 195 pounds or have gained 75 pounds in these six months and instead I weigh 135 and my weight has remained constant with no hunger ever.
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  15. 215
    Name: Professor Timothy Noakes OMS, MBChB, MD, DSc, PhD (hc), FACSM, (hon) FFSEM (UK) on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
    Comments: The cause of obesity is well known. It occurs in those with insulin resistance (carbohydrate intolerance) when they eat more than about 80 grams of carbohydrate per day. As one with insulin resistance I have been able to return my body to my adolescent weight, to exercise vigorously and to reverse my pre-diabetic state by rigorously restricting my carbohydrate intake and eating as much fat and protein as I like. This personal experience confirms what Gary Taubes and others have described in their books and scientific works.
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  16. 216
    Name: W E Sterba on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: CSB
    Comments: Thanks for this. It is much needed!
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  17. 217
    Name: Wenhong Cao, M.D. on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Department of Nutrition, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Comments: I think you need to emphosize that maintaining energy balance is still the number one priority in fighting obesity and its many associated health problems. Modification of food components such as reduction of carbds can greatly help maintain the energy balance through insulin. Specifically, less carbs lead to less insulin secretion, more stable blood glucose, and then less hunger and less foof intake in addition to the lower anabolism (including lipogenesis) and higher catabolism (including fat oxidation). There is another criticval point here that has not previously been recognized and we have just discoverred: Ingestion of carbs and fat together may lower our balance set point likely through insulin-mediated reduction of metabolic rate. That means you do not need to ingest absolutely more calories than others to become positive energy imbalance and obese if you ingest too much carbs.
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  18. 218
    Name: C J Hunt on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Hunt Thompson Media, LLC
    Comments: Dear Editor NY Times, As one of the few leading print publications remaining in the U.S. with an ability to inform and educate thousands of readers with the most up to date and fully inclusive science affecting our health, I hope you take this opportunity to publish this thoughtful and important response to "The Fat Trap." Doing so would not only be a great service to the many people suffering from overweight, obesity and related chronic disease, but also help keep alive the trust the public gives to publications such as yours to be as fully accurate as possible on any subject you cover. Sincerely, CJ Hunt Hunt Thompson Media, LLC
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  19. 219
    Name: Tomas Birriel, MD on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Member, ASBP
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  20. 220
    Name: Leslie Sim, Ph.D. on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Mayo Clinic
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  21. 221
    Name: Scott Hall on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: MD
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  22. 222
    Name: Myrtle E. Goore, MD on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: American Society of Bariatric Physicians
    Comments: People, even "expert health writers" are always looking for zebras when they hear galloping hooves. We know insulin resistance is straightforward and the treatment is straightforward. Too simple and not as sexy as leptin injections for the article to get attention or published, I suspect.
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  23. 223
    Name: Katharine Morrison on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Royal College of General Practitioners (UK)
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  24. 224
    Name: Justin Smith on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Author of the book: $29 Billion Reasons to Lie About Cholesterol. Also making a documentary film with the same name.
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  25. 225
    Name: Fred And Alice Ottoboni on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Authors:The Modern Nutritional Diseases. Vincente Books.
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  26. 226
    Name: Robert Krikorian, PhD on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: University of Cincinnati
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  27. 227
    Name: Richard David Feinman on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
    Comments: The New York Times could help resolve this issue by holding a conference in which the "two worlds" discuss the issues. The NIH, USDA, AHA, etc. have consistently refused to discuss things with those who work in dietary carbohydrate restriction.
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  28. 228
    Name: Ann M. Childers, MD on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Member, Nutrition & Metabolism Society, and ASBP
    Comments: Mr. Taubes provides a persuasive rebuttal to "The Fat Trap," worthy of our support. In recent decades Americans embraced a diet once reserved for fattening meat pigs and other livestock, placing human health, productivity and our economy in peril. Even prior to 1912 Cornell University reported optimal obesity gains in swine (omnivores, like us) when fed with corn, kafir corn and grain middlings (carbohydrates) plus skim milk (low fat). We must reverse this trend by reducing carbohydrates and increasing natural fats if we are to rescue the health of our nation.
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  29. 229
    Name: Simon Shawcross on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: The ONE Diet
    Comments: An important petition.
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  30. 230
    Name: Donald K. Layman, Ph.D. on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: University of Illinois
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  31. 231
    Name: Patrick M. Rohal, M.D. on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Baron Family Practice, Manheim, PA
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  32. 232
    Name: Jonathan Bailor on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Author of The Smarter Science of Slim
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  33. 233
    Name: Leanne Ely on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: nutritionist
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  34. 234
    Name: Ellen Seebacher on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Sawyer Hill Birth
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  35. 235
    Name: Dr. Jonny Bowden on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: author, "Living Low Carb", "150 Healthiest Foods On Earth"
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  36. 236
    Name: Vivian Saavedra on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: self
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  37. 237
    Name: Alix Smith on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: None
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  38. 238
    Name: Petro Dobromylskyj on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Lowestoft Veterinary Hospital
    Comments: The management is straightforward, the explanations complex. Mr Taubes has the correct viewpoint.
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  39. 239
    Name: Geoff Bond on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Independent evolutionary nutritional anthropologist
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  40. 240
    Name: Volney Willett on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Decatur Memorial Hospital
    Comments: As a practicing Family Physician treating obesity related diseases on a daily basis it is increasingly important that we take an alternative look at the mechanisms causing obesity and metabolic syndromes.
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  41. 241
    Name: Alan Watson on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Diet Heart Publishing
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  42. 242
    Name: Diane Sanfilippo on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Nutrition Consultant
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  43. 243
    Name: Richard Nikoley on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Nutrition & Health Blogger, FreetheAnimal.com
    Comments: An emphasis on "Real Food" that excludes modern processed foods in boxes, bags & bottles based on grains, sugar, and industrial vegetable and seed oils will go a long way towards fat loss and improved health. The first way is by a reduction of carbohydrate intake to more moderate levels. The second is in optimizing health by the increased nutrient density derived from animal and whole plant sources. Toward that second point, I encourage anyone to spend time on FitDay or similar online resources, comparing the nutrition in equivalent caloric portions of grains to animal sources. You might conclude that malnutrition is likely another factor in the obesity epidemic.
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  44. 244
    Name: Sue Decotiis MD ManhattanMedical WeightLossPhysician on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: American Society of Bariatric Physicians
    Comments: As such a common disease becomes even more prevalent, even journalists and health educators cannot see the forest for the trees. No wonder the problem increases
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  45. 245
    Name: Ralf Sundberg MD PhD on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Slottsstadens Lakarhus
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  46. 246
    Name: Robb Wolf on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: www.robbwolf.com
    Comments: Luckily, social media and near instantaneous information exchange has taken the "peer review" process to the masses. We have a clear solution to the obesity epidemic (and the associated health complications) in a low-carbohydrate diet. Failure on the parts of the medical establishment and media to recognize the evolutionary and genetic elements of these diseases is onerous in and of itself, but for these entities to make non-scientific recommendations and ignore the literature...it would seem to border on behavior necessitating legal action.
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  47. 247
    Name: John Hanske on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Paleo Person
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  48. 248
    Name: Anonymous on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: low carb dieter
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  49. 249
    Name: John Hedstrom on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Luther College
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  50. 250
    Name: Kevin Cameron on Jan 5, 2012
    Affiliation: Good science
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