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Food for Life
- Author
- Tim Spector
- Narrator
- Leighton Pugh
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 27 October 2022
- Run Time
- 17 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Health: Diets and nutrition, Cookery for specific diets and conditions, Popular science, Cultural studies: food and society, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Conservation of the environment, Coping with / advice about allergies, including food allergies
- Rating
- 5.0 (4 reviews)
What to expect
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
© Tim Spector 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Critics Review
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Tim Spector makes healthy eating exhilarating, empowering and achievable.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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A brilliant deep-dive into how food affects our wellbeing – and more importantly, what we can do about it. Enlightening and empowering
Liz Earle
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Spector writes as a food lover... Every person's ideal diet is different, and should be based on sensible choices from a position of knowledge. Food for Life is a feast of that knowledge... A valuable reference book to keep on a kitchen shelf.
Guardian
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The nutrition revolution is well underway and Tim Spector is one of the visionaries leading the way. His writing is illuminating and so incredibly timely.
Yotam Ottolenghi - praise for SPOON-FED
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[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*
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No fads, no nonsense, just practical, science-based advice on how to eat well.
Daily Mail, *Books of the Year*
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Food for Life is a fascinating tour d'horizon, deftly drawing on recent research... Well written [and] informative.
Literary Review
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Tim Spector has been exploding the myths around food and health 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*
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Tim's book is a revelation. With his years of experience and engaging writing, he navigates the fascinating and complicated relationship between food and health. A must-read for anyone seeking a respected and trustworthy guide through the murky world of nutrition
Dr Rupy
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A life-changing book
Davina McCall
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
I highly recommend this book in audio format, it’s much easier to digest. It is eye opening, fascinating & incredibly informative. I have already made changes to my diet in terms of what I buy, where from & what types of food. This is life enhancing information everyone should be reading. Don’t be fooled by the labels! Thank you xigxag
ms 2026-01-24 -
5.0 5.0
A thorough overview of the evidence in nutrition world, delving into different groups of foods and what the trends vs evidence is for or against them. Useful overview and as with Tim Spector, always relates back to the gut microbiota.
elih 2023-10-04 -
5.0 5.0
There is quote a lot to take in. Its a good guide to your general diet and goes into specific food groups and how to approach them. There where a couple of points where he stretched the science a bit but for the most part it seemed to be well referenced.
choffee 2023-07-01
Details
- Author
- Tim Spector
- Narrator
- Leighton Pugh
- Duration
- 17 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 October 2022
- ISBN
- 9781529195446
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Health: Diets and nutrition, Cookery for specific diets and conditions, Popular science, Cultural studies: food and society, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Conservation of the environment, Coping with / advice about allergies, including food allergies
- Rating
- 5.0(4 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(4 reviews)
Synopsis
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© Tim Spector 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
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