Why did I love this book?
I like a book that challenges received wisdom. A book that forces you to question your basic beliefs and see the world differently. In the event, this book was particularly satisfying as some of my developing ideas were along similar lines.
The view that to lose weight, all you need to do is consume fewer calories is questioned. As such, the book offers a perspective different from the one usually taken. As many people fail to control their weight even when they diet, I find interesting any new perspective that attempts to explain the failure to control weight. As attempts to control weight often fail, I am interested in any novel perspective that may prove to be more successful.
1 author picked Why Calories Don't Count as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
'In this great read, Giles Yeo ruthlessly and amusingly destroys the calorie as our most persistent diet myth.' Tim Spector, author of Spoon-Fed and The Diet Myth
'A tour de force by the wise and witty Professor Giles Yeo. As well as being one of the UK's foremost experts on the genetics of obesity, Professor Yeo knows how to tell a great story. After reading this brilliant book you will understand what the labels on food really tell us, and what they don't.' Michael Mosley, author of The Fast 800
'Giles Yeo knows that when it comes to motivating us…
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