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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: A lucky encounter solved unicellular organisms’ energy issues.
Chapter 3: Humans funded big brains by economizing on their other organs.
Chapter 4: The discovery of fire forged our cultural and biological identity as humans.
Chapter 5: Human survival depends on correcting the body’s dangerous deviations.
Chapter 6: Overeating boosts the speed at which we burn fuel.
Chapter 7: Restricting calories reduces your metabolic rate.
Chapter 8: Hormone messengers regulate our weight.
Chapter 9: The contemporary Western food environment is a recipe for obesity.
Description
Why We Eat (Too Much) (2021) illuminates the new science of metabolism. An exploration of how our bodies process the calories we eat into the fuel that keeps our cells running, it demolishes old myths about the value of dieting. When we really understand appetite, it argues, we can finally begin eating healthfully rather than attempting to starve our bodies into submission.
Who Should Listen
- Frustrated dieters
- Science lovers
- Sugar addicts