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Food, We Need to Talk

The Science-Based, Humor-Laced Last Word on Eating, Diet, and Making Peace with Your Body

Audiobook
2 of 2 copies available
2 of 2 copies available

This program is read by the authors.
This is an unusual—and unusually interesting—exploration of diet, weight and health that touches on memoir but lands on practicality. It's a cut-to-the-chase audiobook that makes you realize that not everything you know about dieting and weight loss—no matter how much you've read or experienced before—is true, and that way too much of your brain, time, and pocketbook has been taken up with the endless (and futile) quest.
The authors' two distinct voices thread and play off each other throughout the book as they cover these intensively researched topics:
–Metabolism
–Why every diet works...and then doesn't
–What actually is "healthy" food?
–The (almost) magic pill: exercise
–Detox teas, juice cleanses, supplements, and waist trainers
–The science of fat loss
–Sleep, stress and your waistline
–Disordered eating or eating disorder?
–The history of dieting
–The biggest key to success: a manifesto on body image
–How to make this your last liet
–Becoming a professional BS detector
Food, We Need To Talk is a young woman's look at the landscape of dieting, weight and health as it is right this moment, from the modern body-inclusivity movement to weight and dressing for social media instead of real life, as well as a very relatable doctor's long view. Together, they've created a unique, information-rich audiobook with a real voice that entertains as it pulls you through.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 15, 2023
      In this thorough offering, Gjata and Harvard Medical School professor Phillips (coauthor, Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life) adapt for the page their eponymous podcast about health and dieting. Gjata and Phillips take turns diving into scientific insights on nutrition and weight loss to provide guidance on exercising and eating right. The research surprises, as when the authors explain that losing weight lowers metabolism because the body becomes more efficient at conserving energy, and that restrictive dieting primes the body to regain lost weight by creating more cells to store fat. Even when the science gets complicated, Gjata’s humor leavens the proceedings. Diving into how the sympathetic adrenal medullary system affects stress and weight gain, she describes a study that found sadness leads people to eat more and remarks, “This is the last time I will watch The Notebook with snacks anywhere in my vicinity.” Additionally, readers will appreciate the straightforward nutritional guidelines, which include exhortations to limit processed foods and eat lots of fruits and vegetables. Scientific rigor and lighthearted prose put this a notch above other diet manuals. (July)Correction: An earlier version of this review mischaracterized some of the authors' nutritional guidelines.

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