Food Isn’t Medicine

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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. Author claims that there are many books on fad diets and theories which are published only to generate profit. Nutrition has gained a lot of traction in the popular and social media, and is a big focus of everyday life for many people,” Hughes said.

Dr Wolrich is not saying that everyone should stuff their faces every day with doughnuts and hang the consequences – but he is saying that food should not be used instead of medicine.I’m a scientist and an ex powerlifter with a love for fitness - and with that, yes, I have fallen prey to so so many complicated weight and diet patterns.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. For example, in his response to the claim that "vegetable oils are toxic" the author shortly replies in saying that some of the components of vegetable oils are omega 6 and omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are proved to be beneficial in brain and heart health, and mentions the positive health effects of canola oil and fish oil (not even a vegetable oil), that both contain these fats. I am overweight, and have recently been on a course through the charity little bluebells for mums who have suffered with their mental health.In it, we learn about how a difference of opinion on whether food is medicine lead to Justin Bieber telling the author to f*ck off on social media. Instead, this book is a great primer on sorting out the fact from the fiction when it comes to food, nutrition, and health.