Food Isn’t Medicine
Joshua Wolrich
Apr 2021 · Random House
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*The Sunday Times Bestseller*
Does sugar cause type 2 diabetes?
Are vegan diets always healthier?
Is weight the main driver of our health?
No, no and absolutely not - NHS doctor and nutritionist Joshua Wolrich is on a mission to set the record straight.
In Food Isn't Medicine, he draws on the latest nutritional science to cut through what he calls 'nutribollocks', unravelling the false beliefs that too often inform how we eat. With candour and compassion, he debunks damaging food myths and dismantles the most pervasive of them all: the myth that your weight defines your health.
If you have ever considered intermittent fasting, avoided artificial sweeteners, dairy or carbs for 'health' reasons, or struggled through diet after diet wondering why nothing seems to work, this book will be a powerful wake-up call.
'Excellent - I couldn't put it down' Jameela Jamil
'A beacon of truth in a sea of misinformation' Alice Liveing
'Joshua brings a much-needed dose of reality - calling out the nonsense, helping you steer away from the empty promises of fad diets and giving you the tools to once again have a healthy relationship with food, your body and life' Dr Tim Crowe
Does sugar cause type 2 diabetes?
Are vegan diets always healthier?
Is weight the main driver of our health?
No, no and absolutely not - NHS doctor and nutritionist Joshua Wolrich is on a mission to set the record straight.
In Food Isn't Medicine, he draws on the latest nutritional science to cut through what he calls 'nutribollocks', unravelling the false beliefs that too often inform how we eat. With candour and compassion, he debunks damaging food myths and dismantles the most pervasive of them all: the myth that your weight defines your health.
If you have ever considered intermittent fasting, avoided artificial sweeteners, dairy or carbs for 'health' reasons, or struggled through diet after diet wondering why nothing seems to work, this book will be a powerful wake-up call.
'Excellent - I couldn't put it down' Jameela Jamil
'A beacon of truth in a sea of misinformation' Alice Liveing
'Joshua brings a much-needed dose of reality - calling out the nonsense, helping you steer away from the empty promises of fad diets and giving you the tools to once again have a healthy relationship with food, your body and life' Dr Tim Crowe
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Steve McCullough
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April 21, 2021
This is a great compendium and summary of current scientific evidence on a whole bunch of specific food and diet claims, but more generally it offers a critical and compassionate perspective on food and health that's a lifelong gift. Various foods are constantly being hyped or demonized in popular culture, and this book offers a very relatable, readable antidote. It's clearly aimed in large measure at folks recovering from diet culture and disordered eating, but is super helpful even if that's not the case. I came to this book as someone with a long-standing interest in food, fitness and health. And just as long-standing a frustration with the overblown, evidence-free, shame-based advice that dominates that world. Now we just need a new volume every few years to keep up with the ever growing world of nutribollocks.
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Kimiya Tehrani
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April 19, 2021
I have followed dr. Wolrich on Instagram and listened his podcasts for quite a while and I can say he is a very good defender of health at every size movement his informations in this book are as valuable as any excellent book that has helped us to improve our health and knowledge... thanx dear doc😇
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Persephone Lee
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July 25, 2021
Awesome 👍
About the author
Dr Joshua Wolrich is an NHS surgical trainee and nutrition MSc student who is not only setting the record straight when it comes to spurious nutrition advice, but aggressively fighting weight stigma and campaigning for healthcare to become weight-inclusive, spreading the message via his podcasts and his 350K plus followers online. He follows a Health at Every Size® approach and encourages his patients to have a healthy, happy relationship with their bodies and food.
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