Food for Life
  • Published: 9 January 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529919660
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $35.00

Food for Life

The New Science of Eating Well

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Paperback
9 Jan 2024
Tr. Paperback
15 Nov 2022
EBook
27 Oct 2022
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Your essential guide to eating well from the gut-health expert and publishing phenomenon

'Life-changing' DAVINA McCALL
'A must-read' Dr RUPY AUJLA
'Fascinating' NIGELLA LAWSON
'Empowering' LIZ EARLE

**AS HEARD ON THE DIARY OF A CEO PODCAST**

**THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE FOOD FOR LIFE COOKBOOK**

Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat in the age of ultra-processed food has never seemed so complicated.


Drawing on cutting-edge research and personal insights, Professor Tim Spector offers clear answers in this definitive, easy-to-follow guide to the new science of eating well.

Empowering and practical, Food for Life is nothing less than a new approach to how to eat - for our health and the health of the planet.

‘No fads, no nonsense, just practical, science-based advice on how to eat well’ Daily Mail, Books of the Year

'A rigorously academic book that welcomes the layperson with open arms' The Times

** A THE TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR**
** WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON SPECIAL AWARD **
  • Published: 9 January 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529919660
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $35.00
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About the author

Tim Spector

Tim Spector is a professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London and honorary consultant physician at Guy's and St Thomas’ Hospitals. He is a multi-award-winning expert in personalised medicine and the gut microbiome, and the author of four books, including the bestselling The Diet Myth. He appears regularly on TV and radio around the world, and has written for the Guardian, BMJ, and many other publications. He is the lead researcher behind the world’s biggest citizen science health project, the COVID Symptom Study app. This free tool has been used by nearly 4 million people in the UK, US and Sweden to diagnose themselves without testing. It has confirmed new symptoms and risk factors for the virus, allowing scientists to monitor its progress and warn health authorities.

portrait photo of Tim Spector

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The Food For Life Cookbook
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