Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well, by the #1 bestselling author of SPOON-FED

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Bestselling author and scientist Tim Spector offers clear answers in this definitive, easy-to-follow guide to the new science of eating well. As an author and media presenter, Spector actively shares his expertise with both scientific and public communities. But other than that, this was a really good read and I'll be looking for more nonfiction food books now. As a result, each individual’s optimal diet differs, and it should be determined through informed decision-making and a solid understanding of nutritional principles.

When we started to cook our food, our digestive tracts slowly became shorter as a result of the more easily absorbed cooked foods. He explores various important topics such as the impact of food on the environment, fraudulent practices in the food industry, allergies, and misleading labels. Food for Life’ empowers readers with practical guidance on how to eat for our own health and the well-being of the planet. g. fish, good supplements) daily for at least 12 weeks to get to an optimal level for reduced risk of chronic disease, most notably cardiovascular disease.It’s also convenient for quickly finding specific topics you want to learn about, especially if you’re short on time or not interested in reading the whole book. These are urgent issues that matter not just for our health as individuals but for the future of the planet. Animal domestication led to a dramatic reduction in the number of wild animals on the planet and as the manure breaks down, it releases gases like methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which add to the problem of climate change.

But the issue I have is some people might treat this as gospel (its in a book and if it works for him it must work for me! I find his repeated advice that the effects of food on the body differ for everyone to be one that makes a lot of sense, and wish that the average person had access to tools that could measure their own responses to food. author of The Diet Myth, Spoon-Fed and Food for Life and scientific co-founder of ZOE, the nutrition science company. Tim Spector has pioneered a science-based approach to nutrition, encouraging us to forget misleading notions of calorie counts or nutritional breakdowns. Another book by Tim Spector going into quite a lot of detail in specific foods, ways to eat better, sustainability, how food is sourced and its effect on the microbiome.

Page 25 has an interesting section on essential Vitamin D - natural sunshine is much better than supplements and, in Winter, egg yolks, oily fish, sunbathed mushrooms (shiitake and button) and fortified foods are good sources.