Books by Tim Spector
Tim Spector is a professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London and honorary consultant physician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals. He is a multi-award-winning expert in personalised medicine and the gut microbiome, and the author of four books, including The Diet Myth and Spoon-Fed. He is the lead researcher behind the world’s biggest citizen science health project, the COVID Symptom Study app, and directs the crowdfunded British Gut microbiome project. Together with an international team of leading scientists and the nutritional science company ZOE he is conducting the largest scientific nutrition research project, showing that individual responses to the same foods are unique, even between identical twins.
“In a way, looking at diet is a bit like looking at smoking and cancer; it’s one of the risk factors for disease that hasn’t had that much attention paid to it, other than knowing that it was quite important, but also difficult to measure properly” Read more...
Tim Spector, Scientist
Interviews with Tim Spector
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Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public
by William Banting -
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Pure, White, and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It
by John Yudkin -
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The F-Plan Diet: Lose Weight Fast and Live Longer
by Audrey Eyton -
4
The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted
by T. Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell II -
5
The Fast Diet: Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, and Live Longer with the Simple Secret of Intermittent Fasting
by Michael Mosley
Diet Books, selected by Tim Spector
Diet Books, selected by Tim Spector
Fad diets have been with us for generations, but the truth is that any regime that focuses on excluding whole food groups should be approached with caution, says Tim Spector, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at King’s College London and author of the bestselling books The Diet Myth and Spoon-Fed. For this reason, he says, intermittent fasting (also known as the 5:2 diet) is the only weight-loss diet he’d truly recommend.
Interviews where books by Tim Spector were recommended
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1
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
by James Nestor -
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Food for Life: Your Guide to the New Science of Eating Well
by Tim Spector -
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen Covey -
4
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
by Matthew Walker -
5
Outlive: The Art and Science of Longevity
by Peter Attia & with Bill Gifford -
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Pure, White, and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It
by John Yudkin
Self-Help Books for 2025
Self-Help Books for 2025
New year, new you? Every January, millions resolve to become fitter, happier and more productive. If you’re looking for evergreen life advice, look no further than this curated selection of self-help books, recommended by our expert interviewees.
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1
Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public
by William Banting -
2
Pure, White, and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It
by John Yudkin -
3
The F-Plan Diet: Lose Weight Fast and Live Longer
by Audrey Eyton -
4
The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted
by T. Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell II -
5
The Fast Diet: Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, and Live Longer with the Simple Secret of Intermittent Fasting
by Michael Mosley
Diet Books, selected by Tim Spector
Diet Books, selected by Tim Spector
Fad diets have been with us for generations, but the truth is that any regime that focuses on excluding whole food groups should be approached with caution, says Tim Spector, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at King’s College London and author of the bestselling books The Diet Myth and Spoon-Fed. For this reason, he says, intermittent fasting (also known as the 5:2 diet) is the only weight-loss diet he’d truly recommend.
