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| Title Statement | Spoon-fed: why almost everything we've been told about food is wrong / Tim Spector. |
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| Author | Spector, T. D.(Timothy David) |
| Publication | [London]: Vintage,2022.©2020 |
| Extent of Item | xiv, 286 pages ; |
| ISBN | 9781529112733 (trade paperback) |
| Other Number | pr06275224 |
| General Notes | "First published in trade paperback by Jonathan Cape in 2020"--Title page verso. "With a new preface by the author"--Back cover. |
| Contents | It's personal --Breaking the fast --Calorie counting doesn't add up --The big fat debate --The supplements really don't work --The bittersweet hidden agenda --Not on the label --Fast-food phobia --Bringing back the bacon --Fishy business --Veganmania --More than a pinch of salt --Coffee can save your life --Eating for two --The allergy epidemic --The gluten-free fad --On your bike --Food for thought --The dirty business of water --Just a drop --Food miles --Spraying the planet --Don't trust me, I'm a doctor --Conclusion: how to eat. |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary | One of the world's leading scientists of food and nutrition reveals why so much of the current advice about food and nutrition is dangerously inaccurate, misleading and often downright wrong. We are all bombarded with advice about what we should and shouldn't eat, and new scientific discoveries are announced every day. Yet the more we are told about nutrition, the less we seem to understand.Through his pioneering scientific research, Tim Spector has been shocked to discover how little good evidence there is for many of our most deep-rooted ideas about food. In a series of short, myth-busting chapters, Spoon-Fed reveals why almost everything we've been told about food is wrong. Spector explores the scandalous lack of good science behind many medical and government food recommendations, and how the food industry holds sway over these policies and our choices. Spoon-Fed is a groundbreaking book that forces us to question every diet plan, official recommendation, miracle cure or food label we encounter, and encourages us to rethink our whole relationship with food. Diet may be the most important medicine we all possess. We urgently need to learn how best to use it, not just for our health as individuals but for the future of the planet. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Diet |
| Food habits | |
| Food industry and trade | |
| Food | |
| Nutrition policy | |
| Nutrition | |
