The Food Doctor: "Extra Protein Is Making You Fatter!" The 6 Food Lies Everyone Still Believes! (Brand NEW Food Science) - Tim Spector

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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