Gary Taubes's 'Uncertainty Principles' Substack newsletter
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Gary Taubes writes “Uncertainty Principles,” a Substack newsletter he launched after leaving the joint “Unsettled Science” newsletter he had shared with Nina Teicholz. The newsletter has attracted more than 18,000 subscribers, according to the research report, making it Taubes’s primary current publishing outlet.
Recent posts have covered what he describes as bad health journalism, the ongoing debate over LDL cholesterol and saturated fat, and his challenges to the ultra-processed-food framing of nutrition policy. The June 14, 2026 post announced his June 2026 NIH lecture on the history of obesity science, and an essay titled “Diet or Drugs?” lays out his framing of the GLP-1 era.
Timeline
- 2026 — Taubes launches the “Uncertainty Principles” Substack after leaving the “Unsettled Science” newsletter with Nina Teicholz; subscriber base grows past 18,000.
- June 14, 2026 — Posts about his NIH lecture on pre-WWII German and Austrian obesity science.
- August 9, 2026 — Newsletter post on bad health journalism and related themes.
- August 23, 2026 — Newsletter post in the series on the LDL and saturated-fat debate.
- September 6, 2026 — Newsletter post continuing the ultra-processed-food critique.
- October 4, 2026 — Most recent post in the archive as of the research date.
