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Food for Life
- Your Guide to the New Science of Eating Well
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
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Food for Life
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Publisher's Summary
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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.
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- Kindle Customer
- 19-07-2023
My Food Bible
I loved the book from start to finish. it was written and narrated in such a clear, calm and objective way. every sentence imparted knowledge. there was no fillers and fluff at all. will be coming back to it again and again to check my Food facts.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-03-2024
Eye-opening research
Fascinating and useful. Only two criticisms. Please help me understand why the narrator insists on saying ‘et’ when reading the word ‘ate’. I understand this is a colloquial term in parts of England, but surely when reading you would say the word in front of you? Very irritating to listen to, particularly given the word is so common in the book!! The author is also a bit self-congratulatory whenever mentioned the work of his research team at Zoe - it is unnecessary. Otherwise the content is very useful.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-07-2024
Information is power
Information is our super power and wow was this packed full of easy to follow information.
I know I will be listening to this one on repeat.
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- Amazon Customer. Jules_Pix
- 09-12-2022
A veritable tome of a book
Love Tim Spector and this latest book proves his invaluable knowledge and insights into the foods we eat. A must read (and have on the shelf too!) if you are serious about food being medicine for your good health and longevity.
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- Hank
- 20-02-2023
interesting
Not what I was expecting but an interesting read nevertheless. If you're looking to lose weight then this is not your book. Instead it's a general look at the variety of whole foods that we have at our disposal. This book provides the information needed to make healthy choices according to our own individual needs.
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- Kerri McKenzie
- 03-01-2024
overall information
Loved it, alot to think about. Would highly recomnend to anyone interested in healthy eating.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-10-2023
V thorough
This is a long book… v comprehensive and detailed. I normally listen to audiobooks all at once but I did spread this out over few months.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-01-2023
A wealth of information
Absolutely loved this book. Truly well rounded and refined and has given me a passion for nutrition that I would have never thought possible.
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- Myles
- 19-04-2023
Whole food, carbon footprint & health for life.
Wherever you are on your journey to better health, while reducing the impact on the health of planet Earth, being mindful of the human cost to those poor & enslaved who are a part of the “food business”; and if you care about the humane treatment of animals. This is a must read for you.
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- Tanith Facey
- 14-01-2023
Wow!!
If only I had this years ago. Brilliant and informative, lots of medical facts but not confusing. Great book
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