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Food for Life

Your Guide to the New Science of Eating Well

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Food for Life

By: Tim Spector
Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
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Brought to you by Penguin.

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.

Combining cutting-edge research with a personal insights, and taking a wide angle lens on everything from environmental impact and food fraud to allergies and deceptive labelling, Spector takes a deep dive into each food type. Food for Life also includes easy-to-implement action points and useful tables as practical tools in our everyday food decisions, presented in a novel and comprehensive format. Ultimately, this book encourages us to fall in love again with food and celebrate its many wondrous properties, which science is still only just beginning to understand.

Audio updated as of November 2022.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Tim Spector (P)2022 Penguin Audio Diets, Nutrition & Healthy Eating Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Healthy Diet Nutrition Food Science Health Food Truck

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As a nutritionist I hear so much inaccurate theories from people about diets and food. I would recommend everyone to read this book

Excellent summary of what we should all know about food

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An book that you will dip into very often to remind yourself of the mass of information it contains as and when you need to. A book that I will listen to again and again I’m sure

Essential listening for us all

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Brilliant assessment of how food affects individuals based on real empirical evidence and research. Lots to think about. So much o I had to buy the book after listening to the audio version!

Fascinating insight into how food impacts our lives

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Learned some interesting stuff. Some great research. Would recommend to anyone who has interest in there health

Fascinating

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Extraordinary record of well researched information. Very interesting and informative. Children should be taught a simple version as it provides the well researched information in food, knocking out the hyped media stories that are so confusing, and explains where our food comes from and how to shop more sustainably. This is a book to listen to over and over there is so much to take in. I only skipped the chapters on meat suspecting as an almost vegetarian this would be a hard listen.

incredible every one should read this book

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Apprecition and a massive thank you Prof. Tim for your incredibly informative, and educational work. As others have said; ' A man on a mission.'


Not the common 'preachy' diet book.
An academic (science not fashion), no nonsence guide to food (and drink)

Could not recommend more for everyone to learn from.


For me, the audiobook is the best option allthough I also bought the hardback tome .


Essential food education for all.

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Great book and information if you can get past the odd pauses by the narrator

Great information, stilted narration

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A comprehensive and mostly unbiased account of which foods are good for us and which not so good. Food science is not set in stone it is constantly being updated as new studies modify understanding from previous generations. As Tim Spector readily admits, much of the information given needs verification through expensive scientific studies.

Excellent

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I liked the whole book. And found the information about food and drinks was very well researched and presented. This book has helped me to make informed choices.

very informative

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No issues with chapter repeating or missing.
Very detailed look at food, origins, nutrition, impact, benefits, myths and scientific data. Extremely in-depth and well researched. Informative and fascinating.

Deep Dive Into Food

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