One in five children under twelve in the US and UK is obese, with numbers still growing. Food insecurity leads to food choices that make obesity and type 2 diabetes nearly inevitable. Politicians have for decades ignored the devastating impact of poor diets on health. Teaching our children to choose, prepare and eat real food in a family setting is one of the most wonderful lessons we can impart for future generations. Keeping close contact with food, handling it and cooking it ourselves gives us an element of control, appreciation and connection that we might otherwise lose.
What should I have for dinner? A question you no doubt ask yourself daily. But I bet you don't spend too long coming up with an answer. ZOE's scientific co-founder, Tim Spector, has been trying to answer this question for a decade.
If you're a regular listener, you probably know him well. Five years ago, he published the best-selling book, The Diet Myth, and just last month, he released the follow-up, Food for Life, the New Science of Eating Well.
In this episode, you'll hear a chapter from the book titled “So Now What Should I Have for Dinner?”
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Tim Spector is a co-founder of ZOE and one of the world's top 100 most-cited scientists.
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
01:44 - Chapter 11. So now what should I have for dinner?
14:00 - Personalizing my diet
26:15 - Five final tips
27:00 - Outro
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Episode transcripts are available here.
This podcast was produced by Fascinate Productions.