Eat Like the Animals: What nature teaches us about the science of healthy eating by David Raubenheimer & Stephen J. Simpson

How is it that a baboon, a cat and a locust instinctively know exactly what to eat for balanced nutrition, and we humans can't seem to figure it out?

Mixing a nutritionally balanced diet, with a precise ratio of protein to fats and carbohydrates, seems daunting, but animals, from apes to cockroaches, manage it instinctively. It all comes down to the essential role of appetite to communicate the body's needs to the brain. Humans have this ability too, but our appetites have been hijacked in the modern food environment, causing obesity and the serious diseases that come with it.

David Raubenheimer and Stephen J. Simpson have been studying appetite in animals, transforming the science of nutrition with their findings. In Eat Like the Animals they take us on a journey from jungle to laboratory and back to our own kitchens to understand how and why we eat, how appetites are fed and regulated, and how, in the end, it all comes back to protein.

Armed with this knowledge, they explain simple steps you can take towards eating a more natural diet for optimal health and a longer life.

Genres: Nonfiction - Health - Food - Science - Nutrition - Medicine
Condition: Very good
Published: 2020 by HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 242
ISBN: 9781460758694
Weight: 325g