All Reviews

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia, MD, examines how to extend both lifespan and healthspan through individualized, evidence-based approaches. Although the book discusses things like exercise, sleep, and mental health, our review focuses on the nutritional...

Intuitive Eating, written by dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, argues that dieting for weight loss can harm mental health, leading to low self-esteem, reduced quality of life, and sometimes eating disorders. The book offers a “non-dieting” approach for making...

The Diabetes Code, by Jason Fung, MD, argues that type 2 diabetes (T2D) is caused by eating too much sugar. The book’s solution is a diet that combines a low carbohydrate intake with intermittent fasting. Key points from our review...

Everything Fat Loss by Ben Carpenter is a comprehensive guide to dieting, written in response to books that promote a universal weight loss solution. The book’s central theme is that many diets can achieve weight loss, and it aims to...

In How Not to Diet, Michael Greger, MD, aims to design an “ideal weight-loss diet” that is both effective and healthy. The book is full of diet advice and tips, with a central recommendation to follow a plant-based diet of...

Metabolical, by Robert Lustig, MD, argues that the increase in chronic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes is caused by eating processed food that “stuffs the liver” and “starves the gut” because it’s high in sugar and low...

The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living, written by Jeff Volek, PhD, and Stephen Phinney, MD, PhD, argues that many people are “carbohydrate intolerant” and a low-carbohydrate diet is a “silver bullet” for treating common health conditions like obesity...

Anti-Diet, by Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, argues that dieting doesn’t lead to long-term weight loss, and in any case losing weight doesn’t improve health. The book instead recommends people reframe their relationship with food and their body, eating intuitively and...

Why We Get Sick argues that insulin resistance is the root cause of most chronic diseases. To solve this problem, the book recommends lifestyle changes that are supposed to keep insulin levels low, including fasting, exercising, and restricting carbohydrates and...

The Proof is in the Plants, by Simon Hill, makes the case that a minimally-processed, plant-predominant diet helps to maintain a healthy weight and can reduce the risk of heart disease and some cancers.  Key points from our review The...

The Pegan Diet argues that most diseases are caused by eating low-quality, processed foods that are high in sugar and starch, and low in nutrients and healthy fats. Written by Mark Hyman, MD, the book states that the solution to...

The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet, by nutrition researcher Barbara Rolls, PhD, and dietitian Mindy Hermann, RD, argues that the energy density of the diet (calories per gram) is an important determinant of calorie intake and body weight, and presents a weight...

In The Carnivore Code, Paul Saladino, MD, argues that humans evolved as carnivores and eating plant foods undermines our health and saps our vigor. The path to optimal health and “kicking more butt”, according to the book, is a diet...

Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy By Walter Willett, MD, DrPH, is a book that aims to give the kind of general nutritional advice to society that he wishes the US Government had given in its Dietary Guidelines for Americans. It...

Eat Fat, Get Thin is based on the premise that you can, as the title suggests, get thin by eating more fat. Written by Mark Hyman, MD, Eat Fat, Get Thin contends that many of our health problems, including excessive...

In The End of Alzheimer’s, Dale Bredesen, MD argues that Alzheimer’s disease is caused by inflammation, toxins, insulin resistance, and a “shortage of brain-supporting molecules”. According to the book, the disease can be prevented and reversed by addressing these underlying...

Eat Right For Your Type, by Peter J. D’Adamo, ND, argues that blood type is a major determinant of health. According to the book, our blood types differ partly as a result of what our ancestors ate, and they therefore...

Eat to Beat Disease, by William Li, MD, aims to prevent or treat various chronic, degenerative health conditions, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental health disorders, and more. Readers are advised to choose at least five potentially health-promoting foods to...

The Obesity Code (TOC), by Jason Fung, MD, proposes that our understanding of obesity is wrong: instead of a surplus of calories, obesity is caused primarily by high insulin levels. The book’s solution is to eat less carbohydrate and practice...

The China Study, by T. Colin Campbell, PhD, and Thomas Campbell, II, MD, argues that many of our health problems--particularly cancer and coronary heart disease-- are due to a diet high in animal foods, fats, and refined carbohydrates. The solution...

The Plant Paradox, by Steven R. Gundry, MD, describes a diet and lifestyle program intended to prevent and reverse obesity and most chronic diseases by eliminating their supposed root cause: plant lectins. These are naturally-occurring substances found in many common...

The Good Gut contends that the microbial community in our digestive tract, and on other parts of our body, is important for our health and our weight—and it’s under assault by the modern diet and lifestyle.  Written by gut microbiota...

The Longevity Diet (TLD), by Valter Longo, PhD, aims to provide a dietary prescription for delaying aging and preventing, managing, or even reversing age-related chronic diseases. Specifically, TLD suggests that the optimal diet for health and longevity is one that...

The Bulletproof Diet, by Dave Asprey, aims to help you lose weight and improve your mental and physical performance by reducing or eliminating grains as well as conventional foods that contain traces of fungal toxins and other contaminants. The diet...

Grain Brain argues that carbohydrate and gluten, paired with sedentary behavior and insufficient sleep, are harmful to the brain, causing Alzheimer’s disease, headaches, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and a long list of other brain disorders. The best strategy...