Eli reviewed Gene Eating by Giles Yeo
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4 stars
I did enjoy this book which brought to light how so many diets are fad diets, making someone money and occasionally causing people to die as they refuse treatment to medical conditions.
I enjoyed the debunking of alkaline diets, paleo diets, genetic testing for obesity, and even giving clarity to the plant based movement, with the leaders in a way, Dr Campbell and Dr Esselstyn not exactly 100% claiming what they preach or wrote in the China study is the truth.
I was not so keen on the very frequent comments about the author's own food endeavours, skills in the kitchen or personal story, as it was just a bit too much. But interesting to learn more about the role of genes in obesity on a population level. Definitely would recommend for a reader looking for evidence based information on diets, instead of following another cult trying to make money. …
I did enjoy this book which brought to light how so many diets are fad diets, making someone money and occasionally causing people to die as they refuse treatment to medical conditions.
I enjoyed the debunking of alkaline diets, paleo diets, genetic testing for obesity, and even giving clarity to the plant based movement, with the leaders in a way, Dr Campbell and Dr Esselstyn not exactly 100% claiming what they preach or wrote in the China study is the truth.
I was not so keen on the very frequent comments about the author's own food endeavours, skills in the kitchen or personal story, as it was just a bit too much. But interesting to learn more about the role of genes in obesity on a population level. Definitely would recommend for a reader looking for evidence based information on diets, instead of following another cult trying to make money. And no, the author is not paid off my big pharma.
