Episode · EconTalk · 2025-09-29
Books mentioned on Eating with Intelligence (with Julia Belluz)
Losing weight should be simple: eat less, exercise more. But according to author and health journalist Julia Belluz, it's complicated.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Food Intelligence
Discussed“So metabolism that there's a researcher that we interviewed for the book Charlie Brener and he says meta something like metabolism is is behind everything we are and everything we do.”
Where to get it
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Salt Sugar Fat
Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss is an investigative journalism book detailing how major food corporations intentionally engineer processed foods to maximize consumer addiction through specific formulations of salt, sugar, and fat.
Discussed“So they're these strong these strong and and and the Michael Moss salt sugar fat salt sugar fat book is a great exploration of how the food industry created American or what whatever was there but it it or recreated American food culture in terms of portion sizes constantly eating snacking.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Food Intelligence
“She is the author along with Kevin Hall of Food Intelligence: The Science of How Food Both Nourishes and Harms Us, which is our topic for today.”
Own book Food Intelligence
“Her book co-authored with Kevin Hall is food intelligence.”