6 best-selling diets books like Gene Eating: The Science of Obesity and the Truth About Diets by Giles Yeo

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Gene Eating: The Science of Obesity and the Truth About Diets

By: Giles Yeo

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In an age of misinformation and pseudo-science, the world is getting fatter and the diet makers are…

If you liked the diets plot in Gene Eating: The Science of Obesity and the Truth About Diets by Giles Yeo , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The Railway Children

By: E. Nesbit

4.02

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

In this much-loved children's classic first published in 1906, the comfortable lives of three well-… read more

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"Girls are just as clever as boys, and don’t you forget it!"

-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children

"I'd like to marry a lady who had trances, and only woke up once or twice a year"

-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children

"It's an odd thing- the softer and more easily hurt a woman is the better she can screw herself up to do what has to be done."

-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children

"Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing a book, I might make mistakes. But God knows how to make the story end just right--in the way that…"

-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children

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2. Entry Island

By: Peter May

4.03

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Only two kilometers wide and three long, Entry Island is home to a population of just more than 100… read more

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"Vítr začal vát od severozápadu a vypudil poslední pozůstatky léta. Ranní oblohu tížila nízká mračna připravená vyplakat na zemi svůj žal."

-Peter May, Entry Island

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

3. 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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  • health
  • nutrition
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss by Jason Fung

4. The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss

By: Jason Fung

4.50

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Why you've never been able to lose weight, and how that can change now Everything you believe about… read more

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

5. 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
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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6. ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life

By: Selene Yeager , Stacy T. Sims

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

Women are not small men. Stop eating and training like one. Because most nutrition products and tra… read more

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  • health
  • nutrition
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • self help

7. Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human

By: Richard W. Wrangham

4.23

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

Ever since Darwin and The Descent of Man, the existence of humans has been attributed to our intell… read more

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8. Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat

By: Bee Wilson , None

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Technology in the kitchen does not just mean the Pacojets and sous-vide of the modernist kitchen. I… read more

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9. 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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10. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

By: Michael Greger , Gene Stone

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

From the physician behind the wildly popular website NutritionFacts.org, How Not to Die reveals the… read more

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11. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

By: Peter Godfrey-Smith

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A philosopher dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness Peter Godfrey-Smith is … read more

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12. The Diabetes Code: Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally

By: Jason Fung

4.50

Format: 327 pages, ebook

Dr. Jason Fung forever changed the way we think about obesity with his best-selling book, The Obesi… read more

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  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nutrition
  • diets
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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13. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

By: Cat Bohannon

4.32

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more

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  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • science
  • health
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14. Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

By: Michael Easter

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Reveals the biological and evolutionary foundations behind your brain’… read more

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  • science
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Embrace short-term discomfort to find a long-term benefit."

-Michael Easter, Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

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15. 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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  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nutrition
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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16. Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids

By: Scott Hershovitz

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From a University of Michigan professor of law and philosophy, a delightfully funny and thought-pro… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"If we treat people inhumanely, we should never be surprised when they return the favor."

-Scott Hershovitz, Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids

"Philosophy should address every aspect of our lives — the sacred, the profane, and even the mundane."

-Scott Hershovitz, Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids

"Why are some words bad? The idea that they could be bothered me as a kid. Words are strings of sounds. How could sounds be bad? But of course: words aren’t just strings of sound. They are strings of …"

-Scott Hershovitz, Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids

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17. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

By: Gabor Maté

4.32

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the c… read more

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  • self help
  • health
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
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18. Why We Get Sick: The Hidden Epidemic at the Root of Most Chronic Disease―and How to Fight It

By: Benjamin Bikman

4.12

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

A scientist reveals the groundbreaking evidence linking many major diseases, including cancer, diab… read more

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  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • biology
  • medicine
  • nutrition
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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19. The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery

By: Jason Fung

4.46

Format: 288 pages, ebook

Our understanding of cancer is slowly undergoing a revolution, allowing for the development of more… read more

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  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • biology
  • medicine
  • nutrition
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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20. Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

By: Lisa Feldman Barrett

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the author of How Emotions Are Made ,  a captivating collection of short essays about your bra… read more

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  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"The triune brain idea is one of the most successful and widespread errors in all of science."

-Lisa Feldman Barrett, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

"Sometimes we're responsible for things not because they're our fault, but because we're the only ones who can change them."

-Lisa Feldman Barrett, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

"The best thing for your nervous system is another human. The worst thing for your nervous system is also another human. This situation leads us to a fundamental dilemma of the human condition."

-Lisa Feldman Barrett, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

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21. Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions

By: Michael Moss

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Michael Moss uses the latest research on addiction to uncover what the scientific and medical commu… read more

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  • health
  • nutrition
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • science
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22. 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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  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nutrition
  • diets
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Life in the Fasting Lane: The Essential Guide to Making Intermittent Fasting Simple, Sustainable, and Enjoyable by Jason Fung

23. 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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  • science
  • health
  • nutrition
  • diets
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"...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

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24. I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

By: Glynnis MacNicol

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When you’re a woman smack in so-called “middle age” you are not promised anything at all other than… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

By: Martin Wolf

3.97

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the chief economics commentator of the Financial Times, a magnificent reckoning with how and w… read more

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

26. 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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  • science
  • health
  • nutrition
  • diets
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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27. Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs

By: Johann Hari

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the drugs u… read more

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  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nutrition
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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28. Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To

By: Dean Burnett

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The brain is an absolute marvel—the seat of our consciousness, the pinnacle (so far) of evolutionar… read more

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  • self help
  • health
  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Sadly, the words "reliable" and "accurate" can rarely be applied to the workings of the brain, particularly for memory."

-Dean Burnett, Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To

"One of the brain's most prominent skills is the ability to ignore anything that becomes too predictable, no matter how important it may be"

-Dean Burnett, Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To

"Every human is technically a meaningless sack of carbon clinging to a rock hurtling through the uncaring void around trillions of tons of nuclear fire, but that's too big for a single human to be awa…"

-Dean Burnett, Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To

"Everything you are is a feature of your brain, and as such much of what your brain does is dedicated to making you look and feel as good as possible. ]...] For example by modifying your memories to m…"

-Dean Burnett, Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To

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29. 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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  • science
  • health
  • biology
  • medicine
  • nutrition
  • diets
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of The Last Song of Penelope (The Songs of Penelope, #3) by Claire North

30. The Last Song of Penelope (The Songs of Penelope, #3)

By: Claire North

4.38

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the critically acclaimed Ithaca and House of Odysseus comes the final novel in Claire Nor… read more

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Cover of Gene Eating: The Science of Obesity and the Truth About Diets by Giles Yeo

31. Gene Eating: The Science of Obesity and the Truth About Diets

By: Giles Yeo

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In an age of misinformation and pseudo-science, the world is getting fatter and the diet makers are… read more

Similar categories in Giles Yeo's Gene Eating: The Science of Obesity and the Truth About Diets book and Giles Yeo's Gene Eating: The Science of Obesity and the Truth About Diets

  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • biology
  • medicine
  • nutrition
  • diets
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • self help

23 must-read nonfiction books like Gene Eating: The Science of Obesity and the Truth About Diets by Giles Yeo

Transform Your Habits

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

Mark Schatzker

4.75

Transform Your Habits

The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss

Jason Fung

4.50

Transform Your Habits

The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat

Stephan Guyenet , Shizuka N. Aoki

3.43

Transform Your Habits

ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life

Selene Yeager , Stacy T. Sims

3.76

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15 best-selling audiobook books like Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well by Tim Spector

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

Transform Your Habits

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

Jessie Inchauspé

4.44

Transform Your Habits

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

Daniel E. Lieberman

4.18

Transform Your Habits

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

Chris van Tulleken

4.43

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