Food Isn’t Medicine

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I've always been scared to think too much about how I eat because I know what a slippery slope that can be into the mental health quagmire of thinking your body is not good enough. But more than that - the author ignores the side effects of most medicines and their low probability in curing diseases completely only by themselves. Though at first glance these claims might seem hopeful, or harmless, thinking of food as medicine can actually be dangerous. g veganism) Dr Wolrich shines of someone who is a genuine professional with no sneaky ulterior motive to profit from a 'diet' book just because they have medical credentials to make their diet sound legitimate. The various chapters include ‘Your Weight Does Not Define Your Health’, ‘Stop Demonising Carbs’, ‘Food Cannot Cure Cancer’ and ‘Improving Your Relationship With Food’ and cover a whole range of different topics surrounding the diet culture we live in and, as so eloquently put, nutrib*llocks!

Following bariatric surgery she lost a lot of weight – but unfortunately this has not been the magic switch to cure everything else. The prevalence of falsehoods about keto, for example, are so prominent currently that a whole chapter is dedicated to addressing them. He brings his own personal experience of ‘falling for fads’ to the table and proves that he not talking down to you, but is talking with you, with understanding of just how easily people can fall susceptible to thinking food can be administered and have the same effect as proper medicine. I don't normally review books, but I felt strongly that I must review this one because it is likely to totally change your life, and maybe even those of others around you. Where evolution is not involved in the thinking of the origin of diseases and our bodies' adaptations to it, medicines may even sometimes have the reverse effect from our initial goal (try reading 'why we get sick?A healthy diet overall is going to decrease the probability of you developing any number of medical problems because you’ll be an overall healthier person,” Labos said.

After looking into to ways to help my health via the food I eat over the years and subsequently getting lost in the weight of dubious information, it is good to get something that is clearly written and science based to shed some light on the topic. As someone who I thought was fairly well informed about nutrition and knew about ‘nutribollocks’, and how people sell their idea of nutrition and health through eating to a western world of people who are obsessed with weight, I was surprised at just how much I learned from this book about common fad diets and how they are wrong (and even about a couple I’d never heard of before). This book explores various diets and food information that is floating around on the internet and looks at the science behind them, the veracity of the claims and the health implications. I did Low FODMAP, Carnivore, Paleo, vegan, WFPB, just to fall off the wagons over and over when I still had symptoms and I was maxed out on "willpower". You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.I think pretty much everyone has fallen prey to diet scams and influenced by those around us - well fear no more! It’s not one of those books where you feel like you are stuck at some family function listening to your uncle’s cringe-worthy jokes. Er gibt Statistiken, zeigt Quellen und erklärt woher gewisse Ideen (BMI) überhaupt kommen und warum sie schon komplett veraltet sind. It’s all what Dr Joshua Wolrich defines as ‘nutribollocks’ and he is on a mission to set the record straight.