Spoon-Fed by Tim Spector
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Spoon-Fed
- Why Almost Everything We’ve Been Told About Food Is Wrong
- By: Tim Spector
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 8 hrs
- Categories: Health & Wellness
Publisher's Summary
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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.
©2020 Tim Spector (P)2020 Penguin Audio
David
Great start but by the middle of the book,meh.
I would suggest that about 50% of this book is excellent and really good information.
Unfortunately the author falls into the habit of claiming everybody else is wrong but with a very narrow focus.
For example, speaks about how it’s been disproven that fish oil helps with heart health. Dismisses fish oil as something that people do not need to take, but does not to explore the obvious links between fish oil and improvement in joint pain, skin health and brain function for many people.
Basically says no one needs to take any supplements but doesn’t talk about supplements like magnesium which has clear and obvious benefits for people with depression or some heart issues.
The narrator, who was trying to add gravitas to the topic Instead came off as monotone and rather boring. I found it difficult to continue to keep interested when there was no light or shade to his voice.
Overall I would not recommend this book, there are many other books that are much more balanced and informative in relation to these issues.
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