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Eat the Yolks
- Narrated by: Liz Wolfe
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Worry about cholesterol. Avoid red meat. Eat whole grains. Could it all be a lie? We live in an era of health hype and nutrition propaganda, and we are suffering for it. Decades of avoiding egg yolks, choosing margarine over butter, and replacing the real foods of our ancestors with low-fat, processed, packaged substitutes have left us with an obesity epidemic, ever-rising rates of chronic disease, and, above all, total confusion about what to eat and why. This is a tragedy of misinformation, food industry shenanigans, and cheap calories disguised as health food. It turns out that everything we've been told about how to eat is wrong. Fat and cholesterol are harmful to your health? Nope - they are crucial to your health. Whole grains are health food? Not even close. Counting calories is the way to lose weight? Not gonna work - nutrients are what matter. Nutrition can come from a box, bag, or capsule? Don't count on it!
In Eat the Yolks, Liz Wolfe debunks all these myths and more, revealing what's behind the lies and bringing the truth about fat, cholesterol, protein, and carbs to light. You'll be amazed at the tall tales we've been told in the name of healthy eating. With wit and grace, Wolfe makes a compelling argument for a diet based on Paleo foods. She takes us back to the foods of our ancestors, combining the lessons of history with those of modern science to uncover why real, whole food - the kind humans ate for thousands of years before modern nutrition dogma led us astray - holds the key to amazing health and happy taste buds. In Eat the Yolks, Liz Wolfe doesn't just make a case for eating the whole egg. She uncovers the shocking lies we've been told about fat, cholesterol, protein, carbs, and calories and brings us the truth about which foods are healthy - and which foods are really harming us.
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- Alison Mitchell
- 07-09-2015
Informative and Entertaining
Liz does a great job of discussing some of the major issues the nutrititon industry is facing, and while the majority of it comes under the 'paleo' umbrella it's a good read for anyone regardless of their diet philosophy. The major macro-nutrients, fat, carbs and protein and the myths surrounding them that has caused their our diet industry to become so rancid are discussed, and some micronutrients are covered as well.
The core philosophy - eat real food, choose it from sustainable sources that aren't affecting the quality of the food or our environment.
Liz is easy to listen to and has inserted her sense of humour nicely into the book, but overall you feel like you've come out the other end having been educated moreso than just told jokes to.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-05-2019
Forget the word ‘diet’ it’s lifestyle
Best book I’ve read yet!!! Made so much sense and was funny!!! The information about food, the myths and what is real spelt out clearly and logical - based on fact.
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