Where did Taubes say that complex carbs with fiber were unhealthy? You said you never read the book. You're asking me to watch a video but perfectly willing to discuss a book you haven't read?
You absolutely do. Go watch season 6 of Alone. Takes place in the Arctic. If you're not familiar with the series, about 8-10 people compete for 500 grand. They take 10 items up into the artic and they have to build shelters, hunt, etc...and survive. Last man standing (or woman) wins. They're eating squirrels, mice, rabbits, etc. One guy manages to take down a moose. Figures he's a sure thing now because he has all that meat. Carefully separates the fat and the meat, puts the fat in the tree to keep from predators. A wolverine decides to take it and gets all the fat. Guy figures he's still OK, has tons of moose meat. Is eating 5 to 6 thousand calories of extremely lean moose meat a day, and still losing weight. During a medical check, they tell him he's lost 30% of his body weight and they're going to pull him if he can't stop the loss. Right then and there he understands the point of the calories and fat discussion.
One of the videos is a couple of minutes long, the TED talk is the usual 15 minutes or so. That's a smaller investment than reading a book (soundly criticized by smarter people that we are.) Both videos talk about Atkins and the keto diet. The TED talk shows what arteries look like as a result. Taubes is generally against dietary carbs. As I understand it, he tolerates complex carbs but loves saturated fats. I have no interest in that nonsense.
Just another example of you wanting me to read all your sources and consider your side of the story, but never wanting to consider anything I say as anything but nonsense. This is how our conversations tend to go, whether they are about health or politics (the two subjects we have discussed with one another). As I mentioned in the other thread, the Atkins diet is not what Taubes talks about outside of 2 or 3 pages in the entire book. He mentions it as one of the examples of diets he reviews, including many high carb, low fat diets that were peer reviewed as well. This whole "plug my ears" the moment something is outside of my accepted paradigm isn't the best solution, in my opinion, but I'm not here to fight you. You don't want interest in this "nonsense", then don't partake in it. But I'll post the information as I understand it. You are welcome to challenge any of the science I've posted thus far (about insulin, LPL and triglycerides) or caloric intake. Incidentally, many times in the book Taubes talks about complementing a high protein and fat diet with green leafy vegetables. Doesn't sound like someone against complex carbs to me.
At that calorie intake on meat alone, assuming normal activity levels, he might be losing water, but I doubt he was losing fat.
You're welcome to watch it and listen to the doctor's assessment. Even if the doctor is wrong, I can't imagine he lost 33% of his weight in water.