Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2023-01-02
Books mentioned on Doctor Tim Spector: The Shocking New Truth About Weight Loss, Calories & Diets!
What if everything that you knew about health was wrong, if calories didn’t count and food labels lied? That is exactly what Tim Spector OBE says in his multiple books, innumerable articles and TV appearances.
Steven Bartlett discussed Spoon-Fed by Tim Spector and Food for Life by Tim Spector.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Spoon-Fed
Spoon-Fed by Tim Sektor is an insightful exploration into the common myths and misconceptions surrounding weight loss, calories, and diets that dominate modern nutritional advice.
Discussed“so when I was reading about your view on calorie counting in your book spoon fed it was I screenshotted it this morning and sent it to him”
Where to get it
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Food for Life
Food for Life by Tim Spector is an informative guide that explores the modern science of nutrition, dieting, and gut health.
Discussed“dark chocolate I know you like doctor was it well I'm not sure is it milk chocolate you have it”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Identically Different
“yes I I was I was just finishing up the very last bits of the previous book identically different which is about why Twins were different”
Plugged Food for Life
“and I think this is just you know it's a great lesson moving away from our reductionism we always like to think of you know one food is one vitamin or one chemical and that's an easy way to think about it we can't comprehend they've got a thousand different ingredients so decaf coffee but yeah well you've got green”
Plugged The Diet Myth
“Zoe is a a personalized nutrition company that I founded nearly six years ago with uh to my co-founders who came to one of my uh talks I was talking about the diet myth and the microbiome and they came up to me and said you know we think what you're doing is really exciting”