The Diet Delusion

Vermilion, 2011. Very Good. Where mainstream nutritional science has demonised dietary fat for 50 years , hundreds of millions of dollars of research have failed to prove that eat ing a low-fat diet will help you live longer. Nutrition and obesity scienti sts have struggled to make sense of the paradox that obesity has become an epidemic, that diabetes rates have soared and the incidence of heart diseas e has not declined despite the fact that society is more diet and health aw are today than generations ago. The Diet Delusion is an in-depth, scientific, groundbreaking examination of what actually happens in your body as a result of what you eat, rather tha n what the diet industry might have you believe happens and is essential re ading for anyone trying to decide which diet - low-fat or low-carbohydrate - is truly the healthy diet. For years we have been deluded by the dieting industry. Now it's time to fi nd out the truth. Review "Debunks the myths...and looks at what actually happens in your body when y ou eat" (Woman's Own) "This informative book could challenge the way you think about food...in-de pth but interesting" (Health and Fitness) "Scholarly yet readable deconstuction of dieting...the most comprehensive b ook on the subject" (Good Book Guide) "Read this, and you'll be astonished at the shaky foundations of dietary me dicine and health advice... First off, I was struck by how little science d oes know, what we take for established fact if often partial truth at best. Conjectures are, apparently, made on imperfect research... compelling read ing" (Sue Baker, Publishing News) "This book is a most important contribution to Mankind - really an hi.