13 Best self help books like Why Calories Don't Count: How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong by Giles Yeo

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Why Calories Don't Count: How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong

By: Giles Yeo

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A Cambridge obesity researcher upends everything we thought we knew about calories and calorie-coun…

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Cover of The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor by Mark Schatzker

1. The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor

By: Mark Schatzker

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

A lively and important argument from an award-winning journalist proving that the key to reversing … read more

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  • science
  • health
  • nutrition
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. The Case Against Sugar

By: Gary Taubes

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Audio CD

From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat,a groundbreaking, eye-opening expose that makes the … read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • health
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat by Stephan Guyenet, Shizuka N. Aoki

3. The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat

By: Stephan Guyenet , Shizuka N. Aoki

3.43

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The H… read more

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  • science
  • health
  • nutrition
  • psychology
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • self help

4. The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time

By: Will Durant , John Little

5.00

Format: 64 pages,

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5. The Diet Myth: The Real Science Behind What We Eat

By: Tim Spector

2.00

Format: 161 pages,

We are all increasingly bewildered by the simple question of what to eat. Despite advice from exper… read more

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6. The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

By: Nina Teicholz

3.11

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

In The Big Fat Surprise, investigative journalist Nina Teicholz reveals the unthinkable: that every… read more

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7. Pure, White and Deadly: The new facts about the sugar you eat as a cause of heart disease, diabetes and other killers

By: None

3.45

Format: None pages,

Sugar. It's killing us. Why do we eat so much of it? What are its hidden dangers? In 1972, when Bri… read more

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8. The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong--And How Eating More Might Save Your Life

By: None

3.21

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

We've all heard the recommendation: eat no more than a teaspoon of salt a day for a healthy heart. … read more

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Cover of Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy by Herman Pontzer

9. Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy

By: Herman Pontzer

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

One of the foremost researchers in human metabolism reveals surprising new science behind food and … read more

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  • audiobook
  • fitness
  • health
  • nutrition
  • diets
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • science
"..incompetent people are so annoying: their very incompetence blinds them to how incompetent they are." (or as Darwin said, "ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge") - both o…"

-Herman Pontzer, Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy

Cover of Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food by Chris van Tulleken

10. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food

By: Chris van Tulleken

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body. It’s not you, it’s the… read more

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  • audiobook
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  • nutrition
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine by Robert H. Lustig

11. Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine

By: Robert H. Lustig

4.28

Format: 416 pages, ebook

An urgent manifesto and strategy to cure both us and the planet.Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric neur… read more

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  • diets
  • food
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  • science
Cover of Life in the Fasting Lane: The Essential Guide to Making Intermittent Fasting Simple, Sustainable, and Enjoyable by Jason Fung

12. Life in the Fasting Lane: The Essential Guide to Making Intermittent Fasting Simple, Sustainable, and Enjoyable

By: Jason Fung

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Take the guesswork (and fear) out of fasting with real-life and expert advice about the number-one … read more

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"...my work: to destigmatize obesity and give everyone the tools to live the healthiest life possible."

-Jason Fung, Life in the Fasting Lane: The Essential Guide to Making Intermittent Fasting Simple, Sustainable, and Enjoyable

Cover of Just One Thing: How simple changes can transform your life by Michael Mosley

13. Just One Thing: How simple changes can transform your life

By: Michael Mosley

4.03

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

Based on the popular BBC podcast, Just One Thing, this book brings to life Dr Mosley's mission to u… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well by Tim Spector

14. Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well

By: Tim Spector

4.27

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Spoon-Fed and The Diet Myth , a comprehensive guide to the new scien… read more

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  • self help
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  • diets
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Cover of The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop by Judson Brewer

15. The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop

By: Judson Brewer

3.90

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

A program proven to heal our relationship with food and our bodies from New York Times bestselling … read more

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  • self help
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  • psychology
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy by Thomas F. Schaller

16. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

By: Thomas F. Schaller

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Why Calories Don't Count: How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong by Giles Yeo

17. Why Calories Don't Count: How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong

By: Giles Yeo

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A Cambridge obesity researcher upends everything we thought we knew about calories and calorie-coun… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • fitness
  • health
  • nutrition
  • psychology
  • diets
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • science
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18. The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health

By: Ellen J. Langer

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Learn how adjusting your thoughts can change your health—from the “mother of mindfulness” and first… read more

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  • self help
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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Spoon-Fed: Why Almost Everything We’ve Been Told About Food is Wrong by Tim Spector

19. Spoon-Fed: Why Almost Everything We’ve Been Told About Food is Wrong

By: Tim Spector

4.04

Format: 288 pages, ebook

In the course of research, Tim Spector has been shocked to discover how little scientific evidence … read more

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  • self help
  • health
  • nutrition
  • diets
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of The 4 Pillar Plan: How to Relax, Eat, Move, Sleep Your Way to a Longer, Healthier Life by Rangan Chatterjee

20. The 4 Pillar Plan: How to Relax, Eat, Move, Sleep Your Way to a Longer, Healthier Life

By: Rangan Chatterjee

4.38

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HAPPY MIND, HAPPY LIFE 'Small changes make a big differ… read more

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  • self help
  • health
  • nutrition
  • psychology
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  • science
Cover of Why We Eat (Too Much): The New Science of Appetite by Andrew Jenkinson

21. Why We Eat (Too Much): The New Science of Appetite

By: Andrew Jenkinson

4.22

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

For over two decades, weight loss surgeon Dr Andrew Jenkinson has treated thousands of people who h… read more

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15 must-read audiobook books like Why Calories Don't Count: How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong by Giles Yeo

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Mark Schatzker

4.75

Transform Your Habits

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Gary Taubes

4.05

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Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy

Herman Pontzer

4.14

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Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food

Chris van Tulleken

4.43

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Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar

Jessie Inchauspé

4.44

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Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

Daniel E. Lieberman

4.18

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Chris van Tulleken

4.43

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