Spoon-Fed: Why almost everything we’ve been told about food is wrong

Tim Spector

Aug 2020 · Vintage Digital · Narrated by Leighton Pugh

About this audiobook

Brought to you by Penguin.

We are all bombarded with advice about what we should and shouldn’t eat, and new scientific discoveries are announced every day. Yet the more we are told about nutrition, the less we seem to understand.

Through his pioneering scientific research, Tim Spector has been shocked to discover how little good evidence there is for many of our most deep-rooted ideas about food. In a series of short, myth-busting chapters, Spoon-Fed reveals why almost everything we’ve been told about food is wrong. Spector explores the scandalous lack of good science behind many medical and government food recommendations, and how the food industry holds sway over these policies and our choices.

Spoon-Fed is a groundbreaking book that forces us to question every diet plan, official recommendation, miracle cure or food label we encounter, and encourages us to rethink our whole relationship with food.

Diet may be the most important medicine we all possess. We urgently need to learn how best to use it, not just for our health as individuals but for the future of the planet.

©Tim Spector 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Ratings and reviews

Waste of time and money. Full of mostly already known clichés which this book claims to sell you as revolutionary breakthrough discoveries. Absolutely not worth the money spent on it. None of the 20+ facts described in this book were an eye-opener. You're better off browsing the Internet for free than reading that. Plus, it offers no practical ways to change your lifestyle.

While he does have some good information in this book. He also has many poorly informed conclusions. The quality of your food is really good advice. But when he tries to push that exercise gives no benefit to weight loss or weight management, his science is lacking. Also, his arguments against lower calorie intake as a way for weight loss are very poorly formulated and wrong. Mainly, I gave this 3 stars because there is some good information in this book. But it should not be taken as gospel.

excellent..all we need now is to this messaging across to more people..

About the author

Tim Spector is a professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London and honorary consultant physician at Guy's and St Thomas’ Hospitals. He is a multi-award-winning expert in personalised medicine and the gut microbiome, and the author of four books, including the bestselling The Diet Myth. He appears regularly on TV and radio around the world, and has written for the Guardian, BMJ, and many other publications.