50 Books like The Dorito Effect

Hooked

by Michael Moss • 2021

Your brain rewards sugar faster than nicotine. Food companies design products around that fact.

3.80

5k+

🏭 Food Industry 🍔 Food Addiction 🧠 Dopamine And Craving 🍽️ Mindful Eating 🛒 Consumer Psychology

Hooked 96%

Your brain rewards sugar faster than nicotine. Food companies design products around that fact.

by Michael Moss 2021

3.80

5k+ ratings

🏭 Food Industry 🍔 Food Addiction 🧠 Dopamine And Craving 🍽️ Mindful Eating 🛒 Consumer Psychology

The Hungry Brain

by Stephan Guyenet • 2017

An ancient brain optimized for scarcity keeps losing to engineered modern food.

4.04

3k+

🧠 Nutritional Neuroscience 🦴 Evolutionary Mismatch 🍩 Food Reward Systems 🍽️ Satiety Mechanisms 💰 Behavioral Economics

The Hungry Brain 96%

An ancient brain optimized for scarcity keeps losing to engineered modern food.

by Stephan Guyenet 2017

4.04

3k+ ratings

🧠 Nutritional Neuroscience 🦴 Evolutionary Mismatch 🍩 Food Reward Systems 🍽️ Satiety Mechanisms 💰 Behavioral Economics

Salt Sugar Fat

by Michael Moss • 2013

The food industry knows the precise amounts of sugar, salt, and fat your brain cannot resist.

4.02

33k+

🏭 Processed Food Industry 🔬 Food Engineering 🧠 Biological Cravings 🧒 Marketing To Children 🍔 Convenience Foods

Salt Sugar Fat 96%

The food industry knows the precise amounts of sugar, salt, and fat your brain cannot resist.

by Michael Moss 2013

4.02

33k+ ratings

🏭 Processed Food Industry 🔬 Food Engineering 🧠 Biological Cravings 🧒 Marketing To Children 🍔 Convenience Foods

Metabolical

by Robert H. Lustig • 2021

Chronic disease, gut dysfunction, and a warming planet share one driver: processed food.

4.25

7k+

🏭 Processed Food 🍬 Sugar Toxicity 🏛️ Food Politics 🧬 Metabolic Health 🦠 Gut Health

Metabolical 95%

Chronic disease, gut dysfunction, and a warming planet share one driver: processed food.

by Robert H. Lustig 2021

4.25

7k+ ratings

🏭 Processed Food 🍬 Sugar Toxicity 🏛️ Food Politics 🧬 Metabolic Health 🦠 Gut Health

Magic Pill

by Johann Hari • 2024

Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.

4.26

9k+

🏥 Obesity Epidemic 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🌽 Food System Critique 📋 Food Policy

Magic Pill 95%

Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.

by Johann Hari 2024

4.26

9k+ ratings

🏥 Obesity Epidemic 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🌽 Food System Critique 📋 Food Policy

Eating on the Wild Side

by Jo Robinson • 2013

We spent millennia breeding nutrients out of our food. The rules for getting them back.

4.19

4k+

🔬 Nutrition Science 🌿 Wild Foods 📅 Seasonal Eating 🌱 Heirloom Varieties 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition

Eating on the Wild Side 95%

We spent millennia breeding nutrients out of our food. The rules for getting them back.

by Jo Robinson 2013

4.19

4k+ ratings

🔬 Nutrition Science 🌿 Wild Foods 📅 Seasonal Eating 🌱 Heirloom Varieties 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition

Ravenous

by Henry Dimbleby • 2023

The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.

4.35

2k+

🏭 Food Systems 🧃 Ultra-Processed Food 🔬 Nutrition Science 🏥 Public Health Crisis ⚖️ Food Inequality

Ravenous 95%

The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.

by Henry Dimbleby 2023

4.35

2k+ ratings

🏭 Food Systems 🧃 Ultra-Processed Food 🔬 Nutrition Science 🏥 Public Health Crisis ⚖️ Food Inequality

In Defense of Food

by Michael Pollan • 2008

Forget superfoods and nutrient math. The healthiest diet rules are older than science and simpler.

4.07

120k+

🔬 Nutrition Science 🏛️ Food Politics 🌍 Traditional Diets 🧬 Food Reductionism 🧘 Mindful Eating

In Defense of Food 95%

Forget superfoods and nutrient math. The healthiest diet rules are older than science and simpler.

by Michael Pollan 2008

4.07

120k+ ratings

🔬 Nutrition Science 🏛️ Food Politics 🌍 Traditional Diets 🧬 Food Reductionism 🧘 Mindful Eating

Gene Eating

by Giles Yeo • 2018

The brain treats weight loss like starvation. A geneticist on why most diets ignore real biology.

4.23

886

🧬 Obesity Science 🥊 Diet Myth Debunking 🔥 Metabolism Science 💉 Hormones And Weight 🏭 Food Processing

Gene Eating 95%

The brain treats weight loss like starvation. A geneticist on why most diets ignore real biology.

by Giles Yeo 2018

4.23

886 ratings

🧬 Obesity Science 🥊 Diet Myth Debunking 🔥 Metabolism Science 💉 Hormones And Weight 🏭 Food Processing

Why We Eat (Too Much)

by Andrew Jenkinson • 2020

Dieting tells your body to gain weight. A surgeon reveals the appetite hormones running the show.

4.22

3k+

🧬 Obesity Science ⚖️ Set Point Theory 🩸 Insulin Resistance 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🏪 Food Environment

Why We Eat (Too Much) 95%

Dieting tells your body to gain weight. A surgeon reveals the appetite hormones running the show.

by Andrew Jenkinson 2020

4.22

3k+ ratings

🧬 Obesity Science ⚖️ Set Point Theory 🩸 Insulin Resistance 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🏪 Food Environment

Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine

by David A. Kessler • 2025

Your food is engineered to addict you. The science, the drugs, and the unfinished revolution.

3.77

779

🧬 Obesity Science 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🍩 Food Addiction 💉 GLP-1 Medications 🧠 Dopamine And Reward

Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine 95%

Your food is engineered to addict you. The science, the drugs, and the unfinished revolution.

by David A. Kessler 2025

3.77

779 ratings

🧬 Obesity Science 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🍩 Food Addiction 💉 GLP-1 Medications 🧠 Dopamine And Reward

100 Million Years of Food

by Stephen Le • 2016

Our bodies evolved for a diet we no longer eat: the mismatch is making us sick.

3.62

616

🧬 Nutritional Anthropology 🔬 Evolutionary Biology 🏃 Ancestral Health 🍲 Traditional Cuisines 🥩 Paleo Diets

100 Million Years of Food 95%

Our bodies evolved for a diet we no longer eat: the mismatch is making us sick.

by Stephen Le 2016

3.62

616 ratings

🧬 Nutritional Anthropology 🔬 Evolutionary Biology 🏃 Ancestral Health 🍲 Traditional Cuisines 🥩 Paleo Diets

Big Fat Lies

by David Gillespie • 2012

Sugar and seed oils, not saturated fat or calories, are what's making us fat and sick.

3.93

275

🧪 Nutrition Science 🏛️ Food Politics 🍬 Sugar And Health 🛢️ Seed Oils 🔍 Diet Myth Debunking

Big Fat Lies 95%

Sugar and seed oils, not saturated fat or calories, are what's making us fat and sick.

by David Gillespie 2012

3.93

275 ratings

🧪 Nutrition Science 🏛️ Food Politics 🍬 Sugar And Health 🛢️ Seed Oils 🔍 Diet Myth Debunking

Real Food

by Nina Planck • 2006

The foods you were told to avoid (butter, whole milk, liver) are exactly what your body needs.

4.04

5k+

🦴 Ancestral Nutrition 🧈 Fat Exoneration 🐄 Traditional Dairy 🧅 Nose-To-Tail Eating 🧫 Fermented Foods

Real Food 95%

The foods you were told to avoid (butter, whole milk, liver) are exactly what your body needs.

by Nina Planck 2006

4.04

5k+ ratings

🦴 Ancestral Nutrition 🧈 Fat Exoneration 🐄 Traditional Dairy 🧅 Nose-To-Tail Eating 🧫 Fermented Foods

Feeding You Lies

by Vani Hari • 2019

They copied tobacco's playbook, funded the science, and hid sugar. Your weapon: the ingredient list.

4.15

1k+

🧪 Food Additives 🍬 Sugar Addiction 🏭 Big Food Industry 🌿 Organic Farming 🏛️ Food Politics

Feeding You Lies 95%

They copied tobacco's playbook, funded the science, and hid sugar. Your weapon: the ingredient list.

by Vani Hari 2019

4.15

1k+ ratings

🧪 Food Additives 🍬 Sugar Addiction 🏭 Big Food Industry 🌿 Organic Farming 🏛️ Food Politics

I'm So Effing Hungry

by Amy Shah MD • 2023

Cravings aren't willpower. Hack your gut, sleep, and circadian clock to turn them off.

3.65

1k+

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry 🏭 Food Industry Criticism 🚫 Craving Management ⏰ Circadian Health

I'm So Effing Hungry 95%

Cravings aren't willpower. Hack your gut, sleep, and circadian clock to turn them off.

by Amy Shah MD 2023

3.65

1k+ ratings

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry 🏭 Food Industry Criticism 🚫 Craving Management ⏰ Circadian Health

The Big Fat Surprise

by Nina Teicholz • 2014

Butter was framed. The science was rigged, and the foods that replaced it made everything worse.

4.28

7k+

🔬 Nutrition Science 🥩 Dietary Fat Debate 📜 Nutrition History 🏛️ Nutrition Policy 🏭 Processed Food

The Big Fat Surprise 94%

Butter was framed. The science was rigged, and the foods that replaced it made everything worse.

by Nina Teicholz 2014

4.28

7k+ ratings

🔬 Nutrition Science 🥩 Dietary Fat Debate 📜 Nutrition History 🏛️ Nutrition Policy 🏭 Processed Food

Cooked

by Michael Pollan • 2013

Cooking made us human, then we stopped. What starting over from scratch reveals.

4.08

26k+

📜 Culinary History 🔬 Food Science 🫙 Fermentation 🦠 Microbiome 🐌 Slow Food Movement

Cooked 94%

Cooking made us human, then we stopped. What starting over from scratch reveals.

by Michael Pollan 2013

4.08

26k+ ratings

📜 Culinary History 🔬 Food Science 🫙 Fermentation 🦠 Microbiome 🐌 Slow Food Movement

The Omnivore's Dilemma

by Richie Chevat • 2015

Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.

4.03

4k+

🍽️ Food Systems 🐄 Factory Farming 🇺🇸 American Diet 🗳️ Food Politics 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

The Omnivore's Dilemma 94%

Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.

by Richie Chevat 2015

4.03

4k+ ratings

🍽️ Food Systems 🐄 Factory Farming 🇺🇸 American Diet 🗳️ Food Politics 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

How Not To Diet

by Michael Greger • 2019

Lose weight without hunger: the science of eating more food, not less.

4.42

9k+

🥦 Plant-Based Eating ⚖️ Weight Management 📋 Evidence-Based Diet 📊 Calorie Density 🦠 Gut Microbiome

How Not To Diet 94%

Lose weight without hunger: the science of eating more food, not less.

by Michael Greger 2019

4.42

9k+ ratings

🥦 Plant-Based Eating ⚖️ Weight Management 📋 Evidence-Based Diet 📊 Calorie Density 🦠 Gut Microbiome

Good Calories, Bad Calories

by Gary Taubes • 2004

Fat was framed. Obesity and chronic disease are driven by sugar and refined carbs, not dietary fat.

4.17

10k+

🕰️ Nutrition History 🥩 Dietary Fat Debate 🍬 Sugar Metabolism 🥑 Low-Carb Movement 🩸 Insulin And Health

Good Calories, Bad Calories 94%

Fat was framed. Obesity and chronic disease are driven by sugar and refined carbs, not dietary fat.

by Gary Taubes 2004

4.17

10k+ ratings

🕰️ Nutrition History 🥩 Dietary Fat Debate 🍬 Sugar Metabolism 🥑 Low-Carb Movement 🩸 Insulin And Health

The Case Against Sugar

by Gary Taubes • 2016

Sugar was identified as a dietary villain, buried by industry, and the evidence has resurfaced.

3.84

11k+

🕵️ Food Industry Exposé 🍬 Hidden Sugars 🏭 Corporate Malfeasance 🌍 Colonial Commodities 🧁 Addictive Eating

The Case Against Sugar 94%

Sugar was identified as a dietary villain, buried by industry, and the evidence has resurfaced.

by Gary Taubes 2016

3.84

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Food Industry Exposé 🍬 Hidden Sugars 🏭 Corporate Malfeasance 🌍 Colonial Commodities 🧁 Addictive Eating

Why Calories Don't Count

by Giles Yeo • 2021

Calorie labels rest on century-old approximations. Your body runs a different set of equations.

3.83

826

🧪 Nutritional Science 🤔 Calorie Skepticism 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🦠 Gut Health 🔍 Dietary Myths

Why Calories Don't Count 94%

Calorie labels rest on century-old approximations. Your body runs a different set of equations.

by Giles Yeo 2021

3.83

826 ratings

🧪 Nutritional Science 🤔 Calorie Skepticism 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🦠 Gut Health 🔍 Dietary Myths

Animal, Vegetable, Junk

by Mark Bittman • 2021

Farming gave us civilization, slavery, famine, and junk food. A provocative history of what we eat.

3.90

4k+

📜 Food Systems History 🌍 Global Agriculture 🏭 Industrial Agriculture 🍔 Junk Food Engineering 🏥 Public Health Crisis

Animal, Vegetable, Junk 94%

Farming gave us civilization, slavery, famine, and junk food. A provocative history of what we eat.

by Mark Bittman 2021

3.90

4k+ ratings

📜 Food Systems History 🌍 Global Agriculture 🏭 Industrial Agriculture 🍔 Junk Food Engineering 🏥 Public Health Crisis

How We Eat

by Paco Underhill • 2022

Supermarkets seduce, apps deliver, cars feed: the hidden design of modern eating.

3.50

459

🏭 Food Systems 🛒 Retail Anthropology 🧠 Consumer Psychology 🍔 Ultra-Processed Foods 🌾 Local Food Movement

How We Eat 94%

Supermarkets seduce, apps deliver, cars feed: the hidden design of modern eating.

by Paco Underhill 2022

3.50

459 ratings

🏭 Food Systems 🛒 Retail Anthropology 🧠 Consumer Psychology 🍔 Ultra-Processed Foods 🌾 Local Food Movement

Deep Nutrition

by Catherine Shanahan • 2008

Your genes evolved expecting bone broth and organ meats. They're getting vegetable oil instead.

4.20

6k+

🦴 Ancestral Eating 🧬 Epigenetics 🍲 Traditional Diets 🦎 Evolutionary Biology 🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet

Deep Nutrition 94%

Your genes evolved expecting bone broth and organ meats. They're getting vegetable oil instead.

by Catherine Shanahan 2008

4.20

6k+ ratings

🦴 Ancestral Eating 🧬 Epigenetics 🍲 Traditional Diets 🦎 Evolutionary Biology 🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet

The Science of Food

by Marty Jopson • 2017

Why your knife glides, your bread browns, and your kraut sours: the hidden science in every kitchen.

3.78

203

🧪 Food Science 👅 Flavor Chemistry 🫙 Fermentation 🦠 Gut Microbiome ⚙️ Food Technology

The Science of Food 94%

Why your knife glides, your bread browns, and your kraut sours: the hidden science in every kitchen.

by Marty Jopson 2017

3.78

203 ratings

🧪 Food Science 👅 Flavor Chemistry 🫙 Fermentation 🦠 Gut Microbiome ⚙️ Food Technology

Burn

by Herman Pontzer • 2021

Your body has a fixed daily calorie cap. The weight loss answer is evolutionary, not dietary.

4.12

4k+

🏥 Evolutionary Medicine ⚡ Metabolic Adaptation 🍽️ Dietary Anthropology ⚖️ Weight Loss Myths 🏃 Exercise Science

Burn 94%

Your body has a fixed daily calorie cap. The weight loss answer is evolutionary, not dietary.

by Herman Pontzer 2021

4.12

4k+ ratings

🏥 Evolutionary Medicine ⚡ Metabolic Adaptation 🍽️ Dietary Anthropology ⚖️ Weight Loss Myths 🏃 Exercise Science

The Ozempic Revolution

by Alexandra Sowa • 2025

Your body, not your willpower, drives obesity. A doctor's complete plan for GLP-1 weight loss.

4.22

639

🩺 Obesity Medicine 🔬 Metabolic Health 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🔄 Habit Formation 💭 Emotional Eating

The Ozempic Revolution 94%

Your body, not your willpower, drives obesity. A doctor's complete plan for GLP-1 weight loss.

by Alexandra Sowa 2025

4.22

639 ratings

🩺 Obesity Medicine 🔬 Metabolic Health 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🔄 Habit Formation 💭 Emotional Eating

Food Fix

by Mark Hyman • 2020

Chronic disease, climate change, and inequality share one cause: the industrial food on your plate.

4.07

3k+

🌐 Food Systems 🏛️ Food Policy 🏭 Industrial Agriculture 🌿 Regenerative Farming 💰 True Cost Of Food

Food Fix 94%

Chronic disease, climate change, and inequality share one cause: the industrial food on your plate.

by Mark Hyman 2020

4.07

3k+ ratings

🌐 Food Systems 🏛️ Food Policy 🏭 Industrial Agriculture 🌿 Regenerative Farming 💰 True Cost Of Food

Fat Chance

by Robert H. Lustig • 2012

Sugar isn't empty calories. It reprograms your hormones to store fat, leaving willpower outmatched.

4.18

7k+

🍬 Sugar And Health ⚖️ Hormonal Obesity 🏭 Processed Food 🏢 Food Industry Critique 🫀 Metabolic Health

Fat Chance 94%

Sugar isn't empty calories. It reprograms your hormones to store fat, leaving willpower outmatched.

by Robert H. Lustig 2012

4.18

7k+ ratings

🍬 Sugar And Health ⚖️ Hormonal Obesity 🏭 Processed Food 🏢 Food Industry Critique 🫀 Metabolic Health

Food

by Mark Hyman • 2018

Two hostile diet tribes, one surprising overlap. A doctor's plan for eating without the dogma.

3.99

7k+

🥗 Whole Foods Diet 🔬 Nutritional Science 🌿 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🍬 Sugar Detox 🩺 Functional Medicine

Food 94%

Two hostile diet tribes, one surprising overlap. A doctor's plan for eating without the dogma.

by Mark Hyman 2018

3.99

7k+ ratings

🥗 Whole Foods Diet 🔬 Nutritional Science 🌿 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🍬 Sugar Detox 🩺 Functional Medicine

Lose Weight Now

by Allen Carr • 1997

Lose weight without dieting or willpower: your body knows how, and industry made you forget.

3.17

2k+

🧠 Intuitive Eating 🌿 Natural Eating ✨ Anti-Diet 🍬 Sugar Addiction 🧩 Food Combining

Lose Weight Now 94%

Lose weight without dieting or willpower: your body knows how, and industry made you forget.

by Allen Carr 1997

3.17

2k+ ratings

🧠 Intuitive Eating 🌿 Natural Eating ✨ Anti-Diet 🍬 Sugar Addiction 🧩 Food Combining

Food for Life

by Tim Spector • 2022

Thirty plant foods a week: the gut-health rule that beats any supplement or superfood.

4.23

4k+

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🌿 Plant Diversity 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🫙 Fermented Foods 📊 Personalized Nutrition

Food for Life 94%

Thirty plant foods a week: the gut-health rule that beats any supplement or superfood.

by Tim Spector 2022

4.23

4k+ ratings

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🌿 Plant Diversity 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🫙 Fermented Foods 📊 Personalized Nutrition

Food Rules

by Michael Pollan • 2008

Sixty-four rules that replace dieting with common sense, home cooking, and enjoying your food.

3.99

49k+

🥦 Whole Foods 🧘 Mindful Eating 🍳 Home Cooking 🐌 Slow Food Movement ⚖️ Portion Control

Food Rules 94%

Sixty-four rules that replace dieting with common sense, home cooking, and enjoying your food.

by Michael Pollan 2008

3.99

49k+ ratings

🥦 Whole Foods 🧘 Mindful Eating 🍳 Home Cooking 🐌 Slow Food Movement ⚖️ Portion Control

Mindless Eating

by Brian Wansink • 2006

Your plate and your friends decide how much you eat. The fix is not a diet.

3.93

12k+

🧠 Food Psychology 🏠 Environmental Design ⚖️ Portion Control 📈 Behavioral Economics 🧱 Choice Architecture

Mindless Eating 94%

Your plate and your friends decide how much you eat. The fix is not a diet.

by Brian Wansink 2006

3.93

12k+ ratings

🧠 Food Psychology 🏠 Environmental Design ⚖️ Portion Control 📈 Behavioral Economics 🧱 Choice Architecture

Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs

by David A. Kessler • 2020

Fast carbs hit your bloodstream before your gut can tell your brain you've eaten.

3.94

367

🏭 Processed Food Critique 🧬 Carbohydrate Metabolism ⚡ Metabolic Health 🩸 Blood Sugar Regulation 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition

Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs 94%

Fast carbs hit your bloodstream before your gut can tell your brain you've eaten.

by David A. Kessler 2020

3.94

367 ratings

🏭 Processed Food Critique 🧬 Carbohydrate Metabolism ⚡ Metabolic Health 🩸 Blood Sugar Regulation 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition

Gut Reactions

by Simon Quellen Field • 2019

The hidden biology of weight: why gut microbes, hormones, and insulin matter more than willpower.

3.57

453

⚡ Metabolic Health 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧪 Hormonal Balance 💉 Insulin Resistance 🔥 Chronic Inflammation

Gut Reactions 93%

The hidden biology of weight: why gut microbes, hormones, and insulin matter more than willpower.

by Simon Quellen Field 2019

3.57

453 ratings

⚡ Metabolic Health 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧪 Hormonal Balance 💉 Insulin Resistance 🔥 Chronic Inflammation

Wheat Belly

by William Davis • 2011

Eliminate one grain, lose the belly fat, and reverse chronic inflammation without calorie counting.

3.73

31k+

🍞 Wheat-Free Diets 🩸 Blood Sugar Control 🧠 Food Addiction 🍔 Processed Food Critique 🦴 Ancestral Health

Wheat Belly 93%

Eliminate one grain, lose the belly fat, and reverse chronic inflammation without calorie counting.

by William Davis 2011

3.73

31k+ ratings

🍞 Wheat-Free Diets 🩸 Blood Sugar Control 🧠 Food Addiction 🍔 Processed Food Critique 🦴 Ancestral Health

Bright Line Eating

by Susan Peirce Thompson • 2017

Four hard lines that turn healthy eating into a reflex, so willpower never enters the room.

3.88

4k+

🍩 Food Addiction 🍬 Sugar Addiction 🔄 Habit Formation ⚖️ Metabolic Health 🧬 Neuroscience Of Eating

Bright Line Eating 93%

Four hard lines that turn healthy eating into a reflex, so willpower never enters the room.

by Susan Peirce Thompson 2017

3.88

4k+ ratings

🍩 Food Addiction 🍬 Sugar Addiction 🔄 Habit Formation ⚖️ Metabolic Health 🧬 Neuroscience Of Eating

The Diet Myth

by Tim Spector • 2015

Your diet fails not because of calories, but because your gut microbes aren't on your side.

4.23

5k+

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧪 Nutritional Science 🌿 Microbial Diversity 🧬 Personalized Nutrition 💭 Dietary Myths

The Diet Myth 93%

Your diet fails not because of calories, but because your gut microbes aren't on your side.

by Tim Spector 2015

4.23

5k+ ratings

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧪 Nutritional Science 🌿 Microbial Diversity 🧬 Personalized Nutrition 💭 Dietary Myths

Should We Eat Meat?

by Vaclav Smil • 2013

Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.

3.52

644

🏭 Industrial Agriculture 🌡️ Meat And Climate 🧬 Evolution Of Diet 🍽️ Food Systems 🥬 Meat Alternatives

Should We Eat Meat? 93%

Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.

by Vaclav Smil 2013

3.52

644 ratings

🏭 Industrial Agriculture 🌡️ Meat And Climate 🧬 Evolution Of Diet 🍽️ Food Systems 🥬 Meat Alternatives

Health At Every Size

by Linda Bacon • 2008

Weight stigma kills; dieting backfires. The biology-rooted case for health without the scale.

4.18

6k+

🩺 Health At Every Size 🧠 Intuitive Eating ✊ Fat Acceptance ⚖️ Weight Stigma 💔 Emotional Eating

Health At Every Size 93%

Weight stigma kills; dieting backfires. The biology-rooted case for health without the scale.

by Linda Bacon 2008

4.18

6k+ ratings

🩺 Health At Every Size 🧠 Intuitive Eating ✊ Fat Acceptance ⚖️ Weight Stigma 💔 Emotional Eating

The Diet Compass

by Bas Kast • 2018

Why your insulin decides your diet: 12 science-backed steps to eating for a longer, healthier life.

4.48

7k+

🔬 Evidence-Based Nutrition 🌾 Real Food Movement 🥦 Plant-Based Eating 🫒 Healthy Fats 🍬 Sugar Reduction

The Diet Compass 93%

Why your insulin decides your diet: 12 science-backed steps to eating for a longer, healthier life.

by Bas Kast 2018

4.48

7k+ ratings

🔬 Evidence-Based Nutrition 🌾 Real Food Movement 🥦 Plant-Based Eating 🫒 Healthy Fats 🍬 Sugar Reduction

Eat Smarter

by Shawn Stevenson • 2020

Your gut bacteria decide how many calories you absorb. Feed them better, change the equation.

4.25

2k+

🧪 Nutritional Science 🔥 Metabolic Health 🦠 Gut Microbiome ⚖️ Hormone Balance 🧠 Brain Foods

Eat Smarter 93%

Your gut bacteria decide how many calories you absorb. Feed them better, change the equation.

by Shawn Stevenson 2020

4.25

2k+ ratings

🧪 Nutritional Science 🔥 Metabolic Health 🦠 Gut Microbiome ⚖️ Hormone Balance 🧠 Brain Foods

The FastDiet

by Michael Mosley • 2013

Five normal days, two at 500 calories: the fast that triggers cellular repair and cuts insulin.

3.74

10k+

⏳ Intermittent Fasting 🩸 Metabolic Health 🧬 Longevity Science 🦴 Evolutionary Medicine 🍬 Insulin Resistance

The FastDiet 93%

Five normal days, two at 500 calories: the fast that triggers cellular repair and cuts insulin.

by Michael Mosley 2013

3.74

10k+ ratings

⏳ Intermittent Fasting 🩸 Metabolic Health 🧬 Longevity Science 🦴 Evolutionary Medicine 🍬 Insulin Resistance

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration

by Weston A. Price • 1939

Traditional diets prevented tooth decay for millennia. Modern foods reversed this in a generation.

4.39

2k+

🥩 Traditional Diets 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition 🥚 Nutrient Density 🏭 Processed Food Critique 🦷 Dental Decay Prevention

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration Summary

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration 93%

Traditional diets prevented tooth decay for millennia. Modern foods reversed this in a generation.

by Weston A. Price 1939

4.39

2k+ ratings

🥩 Traditional Diets 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition 🥚 Nutrient Density 🏭 Processed Food Critique 🦷 Dental Decay Prevention

Forever Fat Loss

by Ari Whitten • 2014

Lower your body's weight thermostat and fat loss becomes automatic; no calorie war required.

3.85

371

🧬 Body Weight Regulation 🥗 Whole Foods Diets 🚶 Daily Movement Habits 🌓 Circadian Health 🧠 Food Reward

Forever Fat Loss 93%

Lower your body's weight thermostat and fat loss becomes automatic; no calorie war required.

by Ari Whitten 2014

3.85

371 ratings

🧬 Body Weight Regulation 🥗 Whole Foods Diets 🚶 Daily Movement Habits 🌓 Circadian Health 🧠 Food Reward

Whole

by T. Colin Campbell • 2013

Nutrition science reduced food to nutrients and missed the whole. The real medicine was buried.

3.90

7k+

🧬 Nutritional Science 🥦 Plant-Based Eating 🩺 Disease Reversal 🧠 Systems Thinking 🏥 Health Care Critique

Whole 93%

Nutrition science reduced food to nutrients and missed the whole. The real medicine was buried.

by T. Colin Campbell 2013

3.90

7k+ ratings

🧬 Nutritional Science 🥦 Plant-Based Eating 🩺 Disease Reversal 🧠 Systems Thinking 🏥 Health Care Critique

Last Harvest

by Dan Saladino • 2021

Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?

4.31

3k+

🌾 Food Biodiversity 📜 Agricultural History 🚜 Monoculture Critique 🌱 Seed Saving 🍲 Traditional Foodways

Last Harvest 93%

Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?

by Dan Saladino 2021

4.31

3k+ ratings

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