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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 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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- Dr Fiona
- 08-11-22
Great book with some sloppy/lazy mistakes
A ground breaking & fantastically well written book. Unfortunately, on Audible, in the publishers’ rush to make it available, there are 3 fundamental & sloppy/lazy errors:
1. There are no chapter titles! Making it impossible to navigate effectively, jump to chapters of particular interest or relisten to especially relevant ones.
2. There are no references! Usually, a pdf of references would be included and I’m certain that they will be in the book. I have no idea why the publishers omitted them and I’m sure that Prof. Spector doesn’t realise that they have.
3. There’s no pdf of the recipes or methodologies mentioned in the book. I would love to try making my own sauerkraut …. I think it’s somewhere in the middle of chapter 12! But I need a visual reference not an auditory one. Very disappointing.
The narrator does a good job, but he’s not Tim, and we’ve become used to Tim’s reassuring voice throughout the Covid crisis. Again, very disappointing.
I would still thoroughly recommend the book. The content is phenomenal. I just wish that whoever had managed the Audible contract had done a better job.
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-03-23
An excellent book backed by science fact
A truly informative and factual book, with life changing information backed up by scientific research.
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- Catherine
- 12-03-23
Excellent book
This is an incredible encyclopaedia of the foods available to us today. The research is so thorough and the information about all food types is so detailed, it provides a better understanding of what’s important to eat and avoid eating and will certainly make food choices easier.
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- Natalie F.
- 23-02-23
most informative
Easy listening
Packed with great advice based on scientific research and data
A book for all
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- YummyMummy
- 23-01-23
Fantastic and insightful
Everyone should read this book! Very interesting read, great reference book going forward. Chapters were really well laid out and enjoyed the summaries at the end of each chapter too. 👍
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- Anonymous User
- 17-09-23
Very informative and a good listen
I enjoyed this book , it really made me think about the fuel I was putting into my body. A great book
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- EMS
- 15-03-23
Good book on food
Good book by Tim Spector. Lots of info which is generally well backed up with details of scientific studies. Some parts a bit sketchy, eg he recommends against Coconut oil without any evidence of negative effects except he does not like the taste!
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- Mr Darren Moss
- 11-01-24
Extensive food recommendations!
A good listen with lots of food recommendations to help you make good choices. A fair amount of information is repeated from Tim's two previous books, Spoon Fed and The Diet Myth. Definitely worth your attention and the £7.99 price tag.
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- Lindy
- 14-02-24
Empowering
Well read. Very informative, I will be making changes to the way I eat and what I eat. I now believe I may have more control over my health.
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- Rich
- 07-03-23
Great information
People should be more aware of the food they eat - the benefits, the downsides and where it originates - this book keeps it simple and will help people to make informed choices
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