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Food, We Need to Talk

The Science-Based, Humor-Laced Last Word on Eating, Diet, and Making Peace with Your Body

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This is an unusual – and unusually interesting – exploration of diet, weight and health that touches on memoir but lands on practicality. It's a cut-to-the-chase book that makes you realize that not everything you know about dieting and weight loss – no matter how much you've read or experienced before – is true, and that way too much of your brain, your time and your pocketbook has been taken up with the endless (and futile) quest. The authors' two distinct voices thread and play off each other throughout the book as they cover these intensively-researched topics:
–Metabolism
–Why Every Diet Works... and Then Doesn't
–What Actually is "Healthy" Food?
–The (Almost) Magic Pill: Exercise
–Detox Teas, Juice Cleanses, Supplements, & Waist Trainers
–The Science of Fat Loss
–Sleep, Stress and Your Waistline
–Disordered Eating or Eating Disorder?
–The History of Dieting
–The Biggest Key to Success - A Manifesto on Body Image
–How to Make This Your Last Diet
–Becoming a Professional BS Detector
Food, We Need To Talk is a young woman's look at the landscape of dieting, weight and health as it is right this moment–from the modern body-inclusivity movement to weight and dressing for social media instead of real life–as well as a very relatable doctor's long view. Together, they've created a unique, information-rich book with a real voice that entertains as it pulls you through.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 15, 2023
      In this thorough offering, Gjata and Harvard Medical School professor Phillips (coauthor, Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life) adapt for the page their eponymous podcast about health and dieting. Gjata and Phillips take turns diving into scientific insights on nutrition and weight loss to provide guidance on exercising and eating right. The research surprises, as when the authors explain that losing weight lowers metabolism because the body becomes more efficient at conserving energy, and that restrictive dieting primes the body to regain lost weight by creating more cells to store fat. Even when the science gets complicated, Gjata’s humor leavens the proceedings. Diving into how the sympathetic adrenal medullary system affects stress and weight gain, she describes a study that found sadness leads people to eat more and remarks, “This is the last time I will watch The Notebook with snacks anywhere in my vicinity.” Additionally, readers will appreciate the straightforward nutritional guidelines, which include exhortations to limit processed foods and eat lots of fruits and vegetables. Scientific rigor and lighthearted prose put this a notch above other diet manuals. (July)Correction: An earlier version of this review mischaracterized some of the authors' nutritional guidelines.

    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      This print companion to the popular podcast of the same name features first-person writing that mirrors the chatty back-and-forth of the podcast. Gjata, a millennial who graduated from Harvard with a degree in cognitive neuroscience, provides a layperson (albeit well-researched) explanation of a topic, while Phillips, a boomer and associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School, adds his medical expertise. The print format allows the authors to dive deeper into subjects; Gjata shows the receipts with an extensive list of citations (over 600!). Readers follow the authors' path of research and self-discovery; particularly poignant are chapters where Gjata discusses her disordered eating (she didn't realize she herself had a problem until she interviewed a doctor about eating disorders) and Phillips interviews his daughter about her experience with anorexia nervosa (he didn't catch on for over a year). VERDICT While Gjata says the book is, "at its core, for my younger self," and as such can read a bit slangy, it's appropriate for older audiences too (millennials up to boomer and beyond). Engaging and chock-full of facts, this non-diet diet book is an updated, encouraging healthy-eating and healthy-eating-mindset how-to.--Rita Baladad

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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