Insulin makes you fat

I've always believed that if calories in are greater than calories out, you gain weight. But at the same time I don't think we eally understand weight gain or weight loss yet so I always study new diets with interest.   Yesterday I listened to a Science Friday interview of Gary Taubes, author of Good Calories, Bad Calories, with interest.  I liked his points well enough to order the book.  He believes we haven't proven that dietary fat or calories cause obesity.  In an article in Newsweek he writes (I edited and shortened):

1. Dietary fat, whether saturated or not, is not a cause of obesity, heart disease, or any other chronic disease of civilization.

2. The problem is the carbohydrates in the diet, their effect on insulin secretion.

3. Sugars [...] are particularly harmful [... because it ...] elevates insulin levels while overloading the liver with carbohydrates.

4. [...] refined carbohydrates, starches, and sugars are the dietary cause of coronary heart disease and diabetes.

5. Obesity is a disorder of excess fat accumulation, not overeating, and not sedentary behavior.

6. [...] Expending more energy than we consume does not lead to long-term weight loss; it leads to hunger.

7. Fattening and obesity are caused by an imbalance—a disequilibrium—in the hormonal regulation of adipose tissue and fat metabolism. [...]

8.[...] When insulin levels are elevated—either chronically or after a meal—we accumulate fat in our fat tissue. [...]

9. By stimulating insulin secretion, carbohydrates make us fat and ultimately cause obesity.[...]

10. By driving fat accumulation, carbohydrates also increase hunger and decrease the amount of energy we expend in metabolism and physical activity.

He recommends a low carb diet, similar to the Atkins diet. I'm going to read the book to learn more.