Diet Cults: The Surprising Fallacy at the Core of Nutrition

Diet Cults: The Surprising Fallacy at the Core of Nutrition Fads and a Guide to Healthy Eating for the Rest of US

From the national bestselling author of Racing Weight, Matt Fitzgerald exposes the irrationality, half-truths, and downright impossibility of a â€œsingle right wayâ€ to eat, and reveals how to develop rational, healthy eating habits.
From â€œThe Four Hour Body,â€ to â€œAtkins,â€ there are diet cults to match seemingly any mood and personality type. Everywhere we turn, someone is preaching the â€œOne True Wayâ€ to eat for maximum health. Paleo Diet advocates tell us that all foods less than 12,000 years old are the enemy. Low-carb gurus demonize carbs, then there are the low-fat prophets. But they agree on one thing: there is only one true way to eat for maximum health. The first clue that that is a fallacy is the sheer variety of diets advocated. Indeed, while all of these competing views claim to be backed by â€œscience,â€ a good look at actual nutritional science itself suggests that it is impossible to identify a single best way to eat. Fitzgerald advocates an agnostic, rational approach to eating habits, based on oneâ€™s own habits, lifestyle, and genetics/body type. Many professional athletes already practice this â€œGood Enoughâ€ diet, and now we can too and ditch the brainwashing of these diet cults for good.
Country USA
Brand Pegasus Books
Manufacturer Pegasus Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber illustrations
ReleaseDate 2014-05-15
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884964427154
EANs 8601411263521

Country	USA
Brand	Pegasus Books
Manufacturer	Pegasus Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
ReleaseDate	2014-05-15
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884964427154
EANs	8601411263521

Diet Cults: The Surprising Fallacy at the Core of Nutrition Fads and a Guide to Healthy Eating for the Rest of US

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