Tim Spector’s journey from health crisis to healthy eating - a chapter from Food for Life

12/22/22 • 29 min

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What should I have for dinner? A question you no doubt ask yourself daily. But I bet you don't spend too long coming up with an answer. ZOE's scientific co-founder, Tim Spector, has been trying to answer this question for a decade.

If you're a regular listener, you probably know him well. Five years ago, he published the best-selling book, The Diet Myth, and just last month, he released the follow-up, Food for Life, the New Science of Eating Well.

In this episode, you'll hear a chapter from the book titled “So Now What Should I Have for Dinner?”

Tim Spector is a co-founder of ZOE and one of the world's top 100 most-cited scientists.

Download our FREE guide — Top 10 Tips to Live Healthier: https://zoe.com/freeguide

Get Tim’s book here.

Timecodes:

00:00 - Intro

01:44 - Chapter 11. So now what should I have for dinner?

14:00 - Personalizing my diet

26:15 - Five final tips

27:00 - Outro

Follow Tim on Instagram: www.instagram.com/tim.spector

Episode transcripts are available here.

This podcast was produced by Fascinate Productions.

In this episode, you'll hear a chapter from the book titled “So Now What Should I Have for Dinner?”

Tim Spector is a co-founder of ZOE and one of the world's top 100 most-cited scientists.

Download our FREE guide — Top 10 Tips to Live Healthier: https://zoe.com/freeguide

Get Tim’s book here.

Timecodes:

00:00 - Intro

01:44 - Chapter 11. So now what should I have for dinner?

14:00 - Personalizing my diet

26:15 - Five final tips

27:00 - Outro

Follow Tim on Instagram: www.instagram.com/tim.spector

Episode transcripts are available here.

This podcast was produced by Fascinate Productions.

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ZOE Science & Nutrition - Tim Spector’s journey from health crisis to healthy eating - a chapter from Food for Life

Transcript

[00:00:00] Jonathan Wolf: Welcome to ZOE Science and Nutrition, where world-leading scientists explain how their research can improve your health. â ̈

Now, what should I have for dinner? A question you no doubt ask yourself daily. But perhaps you don't spend too long coming to an answer. ZOE's scientific co-founder, Tim Spector, has been trying to answer this question for a decade. If you're a regular listener, you probably know him well by now. He's one of the world's top 100 most-