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Jun 2023
1h 10m

Ep.45 Why Aren’t My Diets Working? Food ...

GRACE BEVERLEY
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Do we really know what we should be eating? Multi-award winning expert Tim Spector argues we might not. Professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London and honorary consultant physician at Guy's and St Thomas' he aims to point us in the right direction so we know the hard truths behind food fads, dieting, nutrition and gut health. Having written five books, including the bestsellers Spoon-Fed and The Diet Myth he is one of the most cited scientists in the world. His research aims to debunk eating myths and answers the most important questions like should we be calorie counting? What should we be eating for our gut health and why do most diets fail? 


- why you need to eat different foods everyday

- what we should and shouldn’t be eating

- the best foods for our diets

- why you shouldn’t eat late at night

- the shocking facts behind the ultra-processed foods you're eating everyday

- how to lose weight and maintain it

- does the keto diet actually work?!



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