| Diet Cults: The Surprising Fallacy at the Core of Nutrition Fads and a Guide to Healthy Eating for the Rest of Us Contributor(s): Fitzgerald, Matt (Author), Thorne, Stephen R. (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1482993392 ISBN-13: 9781482993394 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Diet & Nutrition - Diets - Health & Fitness | Diet & Nutrition - Nutrition - Health & Fitness | Diet & Nutrition - Weight Loss |
| Dewey: 613.2 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.2" W x 5.8" (0.45 lbs) |
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| Publisher Description: From the national bestselling author of Racing Weight, Matt Fitzgerald exposes the irrationality, half-truths, and downright impossibility of a "single right way" to eat and reveals how to develop rational, healthy eating habits. From "the Four-Hour Body" to "Atkins," there are diet cults to match seemingly any mood and personality type. Everywhere we turn, someone is preaching the "one true way" to eat for maximum health. Paleo Diet advocates tell us that all foods less than twelve thousand years old are the enemy. Low-carb gurus demonize carbs, and 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 this is a fallacy is the sheer variety of diets advocated. Indeed, while all of these competing views claim to be backed by science, a good look at actual nutritional science suggests it is impossible to identify a single best way to eat. Fitzgerald advocates an agnostic, rational approach to eating habits based on one's own habits, lifestyle, and genetics and body type. Many professional athletes already practice this "Good Enough" diet, and now we can too--and ditch the brainwashing of these diet cults for good. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fitzgerald, Matt: - Matt Fitzgerald is an acclaimed endurance-sports and nutrition writer and certified sports nutritionist. His book Iron War was long-listed for the 2012 William Hill Sports Book of the Year, and he is the author of the bestseller Racing Weight. Fitzgerald is a columnist on Competitor.com and Active.com and has contributed to Bicycling, Men's Health, Triathlete, Men's Journal, Outside, Runner's World, Shape, and Women's Health. He has ghostwritten for such sports celebrities as Dean Karnazes and Kara Goucher. Thorne, Stephen R.: -Stephen R. Thorne is a member of the resident acting company at Providence's esteemed Trinity Repertory Company, where his favorite productions include Hamlet, Henry V, and The Cider House Rules. He lives with his family in Lincoln, Rhode Island. |