A Joosr Guide to… The Diet Myth by Tim Spector: The Real Science Behind What We Eat

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Why do so many people struggle with their weight when there are seemingly endless diet options available to help them along the way? Discover the difference between fact and myth when it comes to dieting, and finally uncover the secrets to healthy and lasting weight loss.

Your body is naturally capable of processing some foods, while others only cause you to get sick and fat. The Diet Myth provides the definitive guide to which types of food are healthy fuel for your body, and which foods are making healthy weight maintenance so tough. There are a plethora of diets out there, but unfortunately most of them are based on flawed logic, requiring you to cut out nutritious food groups whilst failing to warn you away from the truly unhealthy options. This book provides advice on healthy menu options for a balanced dietary approach.

You will learn:

· Where microbes come from and why they are essential for your health

· How the food you eat can help or harm the microbes in your body

· Why processed foods are harmful and how you can find healthy alternatives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joosr
• Release date: Jan 25, 2016
• ISBN: 9781785672262

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What’s it about?

Obesity is an epidemic that is on the rise all around the world. People try extreme diets, intense exercise regimens, and even surgery, but there doesn’t seem to be any single method that works well for everyone. Truth be told, the reason we have such a challenge fighting obesity is that we don’t fully understand its cause. But thanks to intensive and ongoing studies into the secrets of the human gut, a better answer may be just around the corner.

The quality of the food we eat has been steadily deteriorating for decades. This is because our food has become more and more processed, with addictive sugars and other undesirable ingredients being added. There are millions of microscopic organisms sharing our bodies and our food, and growing evidence supports the fact that these organisms play a big role in our health. By consuming processed food that lacks essential nutrients, we are killing off healthy microbes and cultivating bad ones, which make us fat and sick.

All the while, the health industry has been making incorrect assumptions about the foods that make us fat and has been influencing our diets accordingly in an attempt to stave off obesity. Healthy, natural food has been cast as the villain for