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Food Isn’t Medicine

How Misinformation Is Harming Your Health – The Sunday Times Bestseller

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Cut through diet myths, nutrition misinformation and wellness trends with the empowering, evidence-based guide from NHS doctor and nutritionist Joshua Wolrich.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Does sugar cause type 2 diabetes? Are vegan diets always healthier? Is weight the main driver of our health?

No, no and absolutely not.

In Food Isn't Medicine, NHS doctor and nutritionist Joshua Wolrich looks to set the record straight on the misinformation surrounding nutrition, diet, weight, and health. Drawing on the latest nutritional science to cut through what he calls 'nutribollocks', Joshua unravels the false beliefs that too often inform how we eat.

With candour and compassion, Joshua cuts through the confusion surrounding healthy eating, debunks persistent food myths and challenges one of the biggest misconceptions of all: that body weight alone determines health.

If you have ever considered intermittent fasting, avoided artificial sweeteners, dairy or carbs for 'health' reasons, or struggled through diet after diet wondering why nothing seems to work, this book will be a powerful wake-up call.

It's time to leave the nutribollocks behind and discover what the science really says about food, nutrition and health.

'Excellent - I couldn't put it down' Jameela Jamil

'A beacon of truth in a sea of misinformation' Alice Liveing

'A much-needed dose of reality…giving you the tools to once again have a healthy relationship with food, your body and life' Dr Tim Crowe

‘This book is exactly what we need right now.’ Lucy Bee

‘No-nonsense health advice that's actually helpful.’ Caroline Dooner, author of The F*ck It Diet

‘A must-read for those wanting to unlearn the toxic ideologies and beliefs we have been taught about ourselves by the diet industry!' Stephanie Yeboah


© Joshua Wolrich 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

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Critic reviews

A voice of reason in a field of fake news. Honesty, integrity and compassion shine through everything he writes. The only medical doctor I've ever allowed on my timeline.
Us fat people are lucky to have Joshua, who sees past the fat and diet culture and actually sees us.
Dr Joshua Wolrich routinely does an incredible job of sorting fact from toxic fiction. A must-read for those wanting to unlearn the toxic ideologies and beliefs we have been taught about ourselves by the diet industry!
Josh's desire to educate others stands upon a foundation of compassion that we might experience more freedom and take our opportunity to question the damaging messages we so easily absorb.
It's refreshing knowing there's a doctor out there fighting to break down a lot of the shame-driven decisions we make, and that food holds no moral value over us.
This book is exactly what we need right now. In a world where misinformation is spread easily online, it's brilliant to have a knowledgeable doctor like Josh cut through the scaremongering and diet culture that we see every day. It's definitely a must have!
Josh is a beacon of truth in a sea of misinformation when it comes to nutrition and wellness. He approaches every topic with evidence, rationality and empathy and his presence on the internet is much needed.
As a physician I am so appreciative of Dr Wolrich. He is changing lives and the way we practice medicine, one "nutribollock" debunk at a time.
If you're looking for no-nonsense health advice that's actually helpful, you can always count on Dr Joshua to cut through the weight, health and nutrition BS.
Josh's position as an NHS Surgical Doctor in a landscape of Influencers spouting dietary misinformation has thousands flocking to his page to hear what he has to say.
All stars
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Excellent, informative and funny 👌does make me feel a little disheartened at the amount of misinformation out there in this topic

Bloody great

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Joshua is a delight to listen to, he is clear in his views and takes a no nonsense approach, with a valid, transparent & evidence based perspective.

In this book, there is plenty of validation in what is ok, not a prescription for what to eat, but reassurance as to the normal. It is clear that specific circumstances may need different approaches, which is again ok.

I will listen again to this, as a mini pep talk when I feel I am off track.

No nonsense honest and clear

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This book is everything I needed to hear after 12+ years of trying every diet under the sun and constantly feeling guilt towards weight gain and personally responsible for my size. As a woman who has been clinically diagnosed with PCOS, weight and fertility issues are a constant concern for me now that I am wanting to start a family. This has led to drastic attempts at weight loss, often cutting out major food groups in an attempt to be a ‘healthy weight’ to become pregnant. I now feel so differently after listening to this book and will now try and repair my relationship with food to prepare me for motherhood. I want my children to feel positive towards food, not with w mother who is constantly ‘dieting’. Thanks, Joshua!

Serial dieter no more!!!

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I don’t know anyone who doesn’t have some kind of disordered eating. Dr Wolrich smashes our food myths without making you feel guilty or stupid. This book really does give you freedom from those disordered ideas with grace and humour.

Required reading/ listening

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As someone who has been on every diet known to man, struggled with huge food guilt and an increasingly poor relationship with food, finding people like Dr Wolrich on instagram has been amazing. This book is certainly not disappointing, i have listened to it and now will buy a copy to share with people. I may even buy an extra copy to accidentally leave on my staffroom table in hopes some of my colleagues who desperately need to read this take up the opportunity to educate themselves and take on a haes approach

Everyone should read/listen to this book!

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