Polywater

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1. atdepthNov 2013
   This book is an excellent account of the whole fiasco: http://www.amazon.com/Polywater-Felix-Franks/dp/0262560291/r...
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2. mcguireAug 2014
   Am I missing something? Is there any actual information in this article beyond

   * Science in general and nutritional science specifically may or may not be sketchy (And this is news?),

   * There are at least three ongoing, very interesting, apparently well-designed studies exploring the topic, with an emphasis on ongoing, and

   * These three studies are the children of a researcher who lost weight when he changed his diet, an Enron billionaire, and Gary Taubes, a science journalist with a history of being very, very partisan. (No, really, go read Bad Science and then track down Polywater by Felix Franks---different scientific episodes, but with roughly similar hoo-ha involved; I'm talking about the style of the two discussions.

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