Gene Eating

The Science of Obesity and the Truth About Diets

De: Dr Giles Yeo

Narrado por: Dr Giles Yeo

Duración: 11 h y 5 m

Resumen del Editor

Cambridge geneticist Dr Giles Yeo has dedicated over 20 years to studying how genes influence our eating habits. Instead of looking at how we have become obese, Gene Eating tackles the question of why some people eat more than others.

The UK has the biggest waistlines in Western Europe and an enormous problem of other diet-related illnesses. Our modern lifestyle, coupled with the food environment, has made weight loss the biggest public health quest of today; more of us than ever before are desperately bingeing on unreliable promises made online, on food labels or by the recent proliferation of food 'gurus' who are hungry for a slice of the multimillion-pound diet industry.

Written with his accessible, good-humoured style, Gene Eating unravels this hugely complex answer and argues that understanding our genes and the biology of our food intake is essential if we are to effectively tackle the obesity epidemic and improve our health. This pioneering book is a ray of light in our murky 'post-truth' climate - a celebration of evidence-based science that everyone can digest.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2018 Giles Yeo (P)2018 Orion Publishing Group

Reseñas de la Crítica

Gene Eating is one of the clearest attempts I have come across to explain complicated science. It is an entertaining read, full of lively anecdotes and self-deprecating humour... It is hard to imagine a more likeable guide than Yeo, or a more level-headed one. But if he sometimes makes us laugh in this wise, sensible book, his message is deadly serious. (Christina Patterson)

[An] engaging and accessible book. (Caroline Sanderson)

A hard-to-fault book written in a way that entertains as well as it informs... Yeo's study of human appetite is packed with insights and revelations, incorporating up-to-date scientific thinking... It's an anti-diet diet book you can trust. (Garry Bushell)

Fad diets debunked

Since fad diets often start with a grain of truth, they can sound reasonable if you don’t put in the time to investigate the truth of their claims. Because who has time to fact check everything we hear these days? Here you can get the facts, from a reputable scientist from a reputable institution, with the bonus of being told in an amusing and engaging way. I was surprised at how far these diets stretch the truth: lemons aren’t acidic!?

I just wish the companion Audible Original interview series with Olly Mann was available in the US Audible store.

Dr. Yeo, thanks for subjecting yourself to the trolls to bring us this information.

Finally a scientific book on healthy eating

This book was fun and full of real scientific information. There are a lot of books out there telling how to eat healthy, including "Wheat Belly" but most of this books are not scientific. They are based on anecdotal show cases, ignoring potentially many other cases which do not work. If you want to learn more about how to think and behave with a scientific mind on diet matters (which should be the way), you should check this book out.

A voice of hope in the diet wilderness

A must listen for anyone who has struggled with weight loss.

Thank you Dr Yeo