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  • The Diet Myth

  • The Real Science Behind What We Eat
  • By: Tim Spector
  • Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
  • Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (85 ratings)

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By: Tim Spector
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Why do most diets fail? Why does one person eat a certain meal and gain weight, while another eating the same meal loses pounds? Why, despite all the advice about what to eat, are we all still getting fatter?

The answers are much more surprising - and fascinating - than we've been led to believe. The key to health and weight loss lies not in the latest fad diet, nor even in the simple mantra of 'eat less, exercise more', but in the microbes already inside us.

Drawing on the latest science and his own pioneering research, Professor Tim Spector demystifies the common misconceptions about fat, calories, vitamins and nutrients. Only by understanding what makes our own personal microbes tick can we overcome the confusion of modern nutrition and achieve a healthy gut and a healthy body.

©2015 Tim Spector (P)2015 Blackstone Audio Inc

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Knowledgeable, informative and entertaining

First time I've done a review on an audible book, loved this book so much that I knew I had to give it 5 stars. Who'd have known the human gut biome could have such far reaching consequences. Definitely a must-read for anyone wanting to improve their health and/or for weight loss.

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Great book!

Such a great book with amazing information on how the diet affects the microbiome. Definitely worth a listen!!

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Very worth while listening too,

Would you consider the audio edition of The Diet Myth to be better than the print version?

n/a for me, only have listened to the audio book, but I would say this is definetly the leader though,

What did you like best about this story?

The information is well backed up and then presented and the conclusion is easy to come to,
I now understand a lot better the things that I have always thought about with diet and have never had any one or anthing to further my own primitive understanding, Thank you Tim Spector.

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In parts of the book it seems to be hard to listen too, but I put that down to the information you are trying to listen too and understand. I thought it was boring in parts, but after hearing the audio book a second time, I realised it was way interesting than the first listen to.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

The Gut feeling

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So glad I have heard the information, Please dont hestitate to follow the book all the way through.

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so much information about your health!

such a great book. easy read, plenty of humour but most of all really good and reliable data from surveys and researches from around the world. feel so much smarter now

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Life Changing!

Informative, interesting and funny. This book is well worth the read/listen for those who would like to live a healthy well-rounded life, in terms of dietary intake. For those who struggle with weight issues, this book is certainly worth considering.

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Good, informative book.

Just the right amount of anecdotes and science. Similar conclusions regarding diet as those such as Michael Pollen et al come to. Much more info on gut microbes though. Recommend this book to anyone even slightly interested in health.

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Very good but lost me when mentions BMI. How this is used to measure anything is beyond me…BMI does not account for compounds.

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Lots of information

I will be recommending to lots of people to read this book lots of useful information

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Great book

Everyone should read this, fabulously informative read , I learnt a lot more about food gut microbiome

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wow just wow

I have been diversifying my families diets for a number of years based on the eat more than 30 plants notion and probiotic and prebiotic foods which I now presume stemmed from Tim and his colleagues. Glad to see that I am on the right path. Based on the knowledge I gained from this book I have really up'd the anti and have even bought seeds of certain plants to add them to my vegetable patch and we are drinking jun, water kefir, milk kefir and have kombucha scoby on order. Watch out kids, Mum is on a war path to set your guts up for life as much as possible

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