Every book Julia Belluz recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Julia Belluz

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   Food Intelligence

   Julia Belluz; Kevin Hall, PhD · Discussed · 1 episode

   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.”

   EconTalk Eating with Intelligence (with Julia Belluz) 2025-09-29 Listen at 7:09

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible
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   Salt Sugar Fat

   Michael Moss · Discussed · 1 episode

   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.”

   EconTalk Eating with Intelligence (with Julia Belluz) 2025-09-29 Listen at 50:20

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible

Books Julia Belluz wrote

• Food Intelligence

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