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Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat has never seemed so complicated. In his new book, Tim Spector creates a unique, thorough, evidence-based guide to the real science of eating. Moving away from misleading notions of calories or nutritional breakdowns, Food for Life empowers us to make our own food choices based on a deeper understanding of the true benefits and harms that come from our daily transactions with the foods around us. There are specific chapters on each food group you can dip into and out of as you need to without having to read the book from cover to cover. Tim Spector has been exploding the myths around food and heal for years... Here he continues the demolition job in a rigorously academic book that welcomes the layperson with open arms. The Times, *Books of the Year* există nșpe mii de studii despre alimente “minune” care ar trebui să ne facă sănătoși 200%, însă studiile astea sunt făcute pe genunchi și concluziile lor nu sunt reale There are a couple of things I really like. At the end of the food chapters there are TLDR bullet points with some key takeaways on managing your intake of all the food groups. I also liked the debunking of many of the tabloid stories about superfoods and all the things that supposedly cause cancer (what Ben Goldacre used to refer to as the Daily Mail's "Oncological Ontology Project").
I'm finally finished with this book. It's very long, and with a lot of information about pretty much every food type out there. Treat this less like relaxed, casual reading, and more like a sort of reference for tips on how to make food choices. The author is really comprehensive about all the food types and covers and evaluates the research on these as well. I have to admit that this book has singlehandedly made me change my eating habits to include more plants. 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. New Fitbit idea, maybe? Anyway, the book is quite clearly structured and to summarize the sheer amount of information he puts in, he includes 5 bullet points at the end of each chapter that reiterate the key points. A thoroughly well-researched yet digestible (ha ha) book that would be better described as a ‘bible’, as I will continue to refer to it religiously going forward. Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat in the age of ultra-processed food has never seemed so complicated. Bestselling author and scientist Tim Spector offers clear answers in this definitive, easy-to-follow guide to the new science of eating well.I like that he touched on more than just nutrition. He also talked about the food industry, the environmental impact of producing food, the history of a particular food and so on. Some of his food advice is just very hard to do. And not a lot of people will have the means to change to healthier arrangements like he suggests. His recommendations have to be taken with a pinch of salt. Yet, taken as a whole, this is one of the clearest and most accessible short nutrition books I have read: refreshingly open-minded, deeply informative and free of faddish diet rules. Spector’s recommendations include subsidies for vegetables and restrictions on the voracious lobbying of the food industry. He would approve of the new restrictions on junk food marketing on TV before 9pm. Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat has never seemed so complicated. In Food for Life Tim Spector draws on over a decade of cutting-edge scientific research, along with his own personal insights, to deliver a new and comprehensive guide to what we should all know about food today. If you're coming to Coles by car, why not take advantage of the 2 hours free parking at Sainsbury's Pioneer Square - just follow the signs for Pioneer Square as you drive into Bicester and park in the multi-storey car park above the supermarket. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. You don't need to shop in Sainsbury's to get the free parking! Where to Find Us
The book presents scientific information in a clear and understandable manner, and the writing style is easy to follow. A] weighty and detailed guide to modern living... [Spector] explains how to boost your microbiome and tailor your diet. Sunday Times, *Books of the Year* This book left me in such a state of paralysed misery. It seems as though everything that might be good for me comes with horrible environmental consequences or is wildly expensive. Or both. I had to keep putting it to one side, I felt crushed.
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Food has shaped the way we have evolved over the last million years. When we started to cook our food, our digestive tracts slowly became shorter as a result of the more easily absorbed cooked foods. Our brains became larger thanks to this increased nutrient intake, with a major part dedicated to our senses, in particular those neuronal areas related to food." The book’s main argument is that to find the best way of eating we need to ignore much of what we are told. Spector’s myths include the idea that fish is always a healthy option and the dogma that “sugar-free foods and drinks are a safe way to lose weight”. Spoon-Fed is a worthy successor to Spector’s earlier bestselling book, The Diet Myth, which focused on the powerful role that the microbes in our guts play in determining our health. This new book is broader, but he manages to distil a huge amount of research into a clear and practical summary that leaves you with knowledge that will actually help you decide what to add to your next grocery shop. He convincingly argues that coffee and salt are healthier for most people than general opinion decrees, while vitamin pills and the vast majority of commercial yoghurts are less so. He is in favour of vegetables – as diverse a range of them as possible – but does not rate vegan sausage rolls as any healthier than the meat equivalent. The greatest obstacle when it comes to getting accurate information about food has been the food industry This stands well as a companion to Dan Saladino’s Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them, which won the Wainwright Conservation Prize last year, 2022.
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