Tim Spector
Professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London, co-founder of the nutrition company ZOE, and author of The Diet Myth and Spoon-Fed.
Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public by William Banting
I like the idea, and also just the fact that over 110 years before the Atkins diet it had all already been done. There are also some great quotes in there, and plenty of social history. Because in his day, seeing someone obese was really quite unusual. Kids would point at him in the street, and laugh at the fat man going down the road, which you wouldn't really get now.
on fivebooks.com · 21 Sep 2020
Pure, White, and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It by John Yudkin
Yudkin makes a pretty good case for cutting back on sugar, if you read the book, but no one really heard him because he lost the battle with a guy called Ancel Keys
on fivebooks.com · 21 Sep 2020
The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted by T. Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell II
He sold millions of copies of this book, and did a lot to jump-start the vegetarian movement in the US, where it had been very, very small, unlike in the UK. So it was very influential, although when I read and critiqued it, I felt a lot of the data didn't stand up.
on fivebooks.com · 21 Sep 2020
The F-Plan Diet: Lose Weight Fast and Live Longer by Audrey Eyton
Reading the book now, it is dated, and some of the recipes are dreadful, most of them involving All-Bran breakfast cereal or baked beans. They're also still very low in fat, using skimmed milk.
on fivebooks.com · 21 Sep 2020
The Fast Diet by Michael Mosley
Michael didn't invent the diet, he basically took it from other scientists and made it very popular and accessible. I think he's sold a million copies of that book. And it's probably the only diet I would recommend, because it doesn't stop you eating what is good for you
on fivebooks.com · 21 Sep 2020
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