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Food Intelligence: The Science of How Food Both Nourishes and Harms Us

by Julia Belluz

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Food choices in the context of science and systems

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Food choices in the context of science and systems

Food Intelligence ranges from the roles of protein, fat, carbohydrates, and vitamins to metabolism and debated topics such as blood sugar tracking and ultra-processed foods. Julia Belluz and nutrition scientist Kevin Hall also examine how the surrounding food environment shapes everyday eating. The book presents obesity and type 2 diabetes as connected to food systems, not simply individual willpower, and places personal choices within that wider context. Its scope links what food contains with how eating habits form and how nutrition claims are discussed.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers seeking an overview of nutrition and metabolism research.
  • Readers interested in how food environments influence everyday choices.
  • Readers curious about public-health explanations of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Themes

Nutrition and metabolismFood environments and eating behaviorObesity and type 2 diabetesNutrition claims and evidence

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Book overview

"Food Intelligence dispels many popular myths we have about weight loss and breaks down the real drivers of the obesity crisis based on decades of research. I really hope everyone gets a chance to read this book." --Sanjay Gupta, MD, Chief Medical Correspondent at CNN and host of Chasing Life

The essential guide for understanding what you're eating, and the forces that are driving you to eat it.

**AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR**

Nutrition isn't rocket science; it's harder.

There are new diet fads, bold claims about superfoods and articles promising the secrets to lasting weight-loss and longevity. The more 'expert' advice we hear about diet, the less clarity we have about what to eat.

In Food Intelligence, award-winning health journalist, Julia Belluz, and internationally renowned nutrition and metabolism scientist, Kevin Hall, cut through the myths about nutrition to deliver a comprehensive book on food, diet, metabolism and healthy eating.

Breaking food down into its constituent parts, Food Intelligence reveals:

  • The real science behind how protein, fat, carbs and vitamins impact our bodies
  • The wonders of metabolism
  • The latest 'theories' about blood sugar trackers and ultra-processed foods
  • How our food environment shapes our eating behaviors and the food choices we make every day
  • How diseases like obesity and type 2 diabetes are not a result of a failure of will power; they are consequences of food systems working as designed

Humane and deeply reported, this journey into the science of what we eat will equip you with the food intelligence you need to better understand what's on your dinner plate, how it got there, and why you eat it.
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