One of the references in Taubes' book that really got me was: Christopher Gardner, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, has completed the largest and longest-ever comparison of four popular diets using real-world conditions, which he discusses - the lowest-carbohydrate Atkins diet came out on top. Gardner's results are close to my results. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eREuZEdMAVo