The Food Doctor: "Extra Protein Is Making You Fatter!" The 6 Food Lies Everyone Still Believes! (Brand NEW Food Science) - Tim Spector | The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
The Food Doctor: "Extra Protein Is Making You Fatter!" The 6 Food Lies Everyone Still Believes! (Brand NEW Food Science) - Tim Spector
Coffee is good for you, but orange juice is bad for you, and supposedly ‘healthy’ food isn’t healthy. The food doctor is here to set the record straight on the perfect diet.
In this new episode Steven sits down again with the world-renowned nutritional expert, Dr Tim Spector OBE.
Dr Spector is Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at King’s College London, and is the director of the Twins UK study. He is also co-founder of the in-depth nutritional analysis company, Zoe. He is the author of the bestselling books, ‘Food for Life’ , ‘The Diet Myth’, and ‘Spoon Fed’.
In this conversation Tim and Steven discuss topics, such as:
Why he started talking in public about food
His initial research focused on genes and obesity
Starting to think about his own mortality
The benefits of improving diet and gut health
The diseases linked to poor nutrition
How food impacts mood and energy
Obesity only being a small side effect of poor diet
The impact a poor diet can have in your future
The importance of the speed and when you eat
The impact of the menopause of the gut microbiome
Why quality of food is more important than quantity
Foods impact on fertility and libido
Why supplements like protein are not necessary
What is fibre
How 95% people are not eating enough fibre
Tim’s health hacks
The importance of a healthy microbiome
The benefits of fermented food
Why different countries have better gut microbiomes
The negative impacts of Ultra Processed Foods
Why unhealthy snacking can impact a healthy diet
The worst time for snacking
How there is a snack epidemic and the need to change it
Why healthy food doesn’t have health labels
Perfect food habits
The need to follow the 80/20 principle around diet
Why coffee is good for you and improves your health
How coffee is better for you than orange juice
What diet advice has he changed his mind on
Why drinking lots of water is not necessary
Tim’s daily food routine
Why certain fruits are better for you than others
How there needs to be more nuisance to diet advice
Why the carnivore diet is wrong
Is artificial sweetener worse than sugar
The truth about weight loss and need for sustainability
His thoughts on Ozempic
The need to stop thinking about calories and focus on food quality
The benefits and negatives of not drinking alcohol
The link between sleep and the microbiome
His views on fasting
You can purchase Tim’s most recent book, ‘Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well’, here: https://amzn.to/3QT9AVW
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