The Diet Myth

Tim Spector is Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at King's College London and Hon Consultant Physician at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital. He has won several academic awards and published over 700 academic papers, a large proportion of which relate directly to nutrition and the causes of obesity. He has appeared in numerous TV documentaries and is often consulted in British and international media on his team's research. Since 2011 he has been leading the largest microbiome project in the UK, using genetic sequencing to study the bacteria in the guts of 5,000 twins. He is the lead investigator for BRITISH GUT, the UK's largest open-source science project to understand the microbial diversity of the human gut.www.tim-spector.co.ukWatch Tim Spector talking for TED:Identically Different: TEDxKingsCollegeLondonwww.youtube.com/watch?v=1W5SeBYERNICleverly Connected: TEDxCheltenhamwww.youtube.com/watch?v=aIr_fVWDCRAFollow him on Twitter: @timspector

出版者:Orion Publishing Co

作者:Tim Spector

页数:336

出版时间:2015-5-29

价格:CAD 25.50

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780297609193

图书标签:健康科普饮食英文书营养学英文原版科学和心理学生物学

'The Diet Myth is fascinating, and now I'm obsessed with microbes!' Nigella Lawson

We are all increasingly bewildered by the simple question of what to eat. Despite advice from experts, governments and dieticians about the dangers of too much fat, sugar, protein and lack of exercise, our nutrition - and the global obesity crisis - is getting worse.

Why can one person eat a certain meal and gain weight and another eat exactly the same food and lose pounds? Genes provide part of the answer, but we have been overlooking one vital aspect of diet that lies within us. Thanks to recent breakthroughs, scientists have begun to examine the permanent residents in our guts: the thousands of previously unknown but essential microbes whose job it is to digest our food and keep us alive.

Drawing on the latest science and his own research team's pioneering work, Professor Tim Spector explores the hidden world of the microbiome and demystifies the common misconceptions about fat, calories, vitamins and nutrients. Only by understanding how our own microbes interact with our bodies can we overcome our confusion about modern diets and nutrition to regain the correct balance of our ancestors.

Mixing cutting-edge discoveries, illuminating science and his own case studies, Spector shows why we should stop listening to the myths of diet fads and instead embrace diversity for a healthy gut and a healthy body.

读后感

三天不到看完 证明了因疫情宅家的我是多么无聊 这本科普丛书的翻译很棒 语句通顺易懂 把作者的诙谐幽默翻译得很到位 读起来很轻松 读完收获不少：1 卡路里并不准确 如果严格计算卡路里来规划饮食 可能会疯 而且不够准确 食物在肠道里发生了什么 你永远不会很清楚 2 欧洲人比非...  

这本书作者写的观点很多与平时我们所接受到的讯息很不一样，比如：间歇性断食、关注吃的多样性等等。从肠道微生物的角度，向我们展示了营养结构的千变万化——存在每个不同的个体，每个个体又有长年累月不同的饮食习惯。所以要有一个总结性的关于营养的结论是很难的。 好在蒂姆...  

最近的阅读书籍，大概陆陆续续用了一周多的时间。 作者英国的蒂姆.斯佩克特，看介绍很厉害的样子。“遗传方面的专家，发表专业论文逾800篇，引用率排名全球前1%，并掌握全球最大的宝贵实验数据库之一：对13000对同卵双胞胎超过20年跟踪对比的数据。” 译者李超群，看上去也很厉...  

1.基因与体内外的微生物决定了健康，身形等 2.饮食应当追求多样化（食物链顶端人群），新鲜（少工业化，少添加，少防腐），简单烹饪（适量接受生食） 3.一周可以追求一两次的红肉与鱼肉，多吃各种各样的蔬果，一定要新鲜，少农药，少抗生素，不喝果汁，多全谷物 4.多酚，硒等抗...  

用户评价

有趣。少吃加工食品，多吃自然食物。吃多种多样的食物，而不是盯着一种食品吃。最重要的是，听从自己身体的声音而不是别人说什么。

破除饮食迷思的好书，每章节用一个豪斯医生式的发病小故事引人入胜，趣味性强。章节内综述研究发现，结合身边或自己的实例，又比较接地气，行文幽默诙谐。饮食建议总结为一句话就是：听从自己的肠道（微生物），增加饮食多样性，吃真正的蔬菜水果，可以间歇性断食给微生物放假。你的身体是一座花园而不是神庙，你是这个花园最好的园丁。

这个真没法评价。科普性的读物，阅读体验一般。但学到了很多关于饮食健康、饮食安全以及生物学的知识。作为一般读者，没有精力和动力核实书里数据的真实性和准确性，无法考证实验方法的合理性，对于本书给出的一些结论，仍然会保持将信将疑的态度。但营养和安全不是哲学思辨，无法得出一个能指导自己生活的方案，还是有些沮丧。

Professional indeed. Kudos for my microbiota.

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