Recommended Reads

Nutrivore

A refreshing, evidence-based approach to eating that focuses on adding nutrient-dense foods rather than restricting them, with no food off-limits. Dr Sarah Ballantyne highlights twelve foundational food families and connects specific nutrients to common ailments, offering a sustainable path off the diet roller coaster toward lifelong wellbeing.

Death by Comfort

Physiologist and neuroscientist Paul Taylor argues that our modern comforts, sedentary days, ultra-processed food and constant digital connection, are quietly making us sick. Backed by robust research, this award-winning book explores how deliberately embracing discomfort can transform both physical and mental health.

Dark Calories

Cornell-trained physician Dr Cate Shanahan makes a compelling case that common processed seed oils are a major driver of chronic disease. She exposes how flawed dietary advice took hold, and offers a clear, practical plan to remove these oils and restore metabolic health.

The Obesity Code

In this bestselling book, nephrologist Dr Jason Fung challenges the calories in, calories out model and argues that obesity is driven by hormones, chiefly insulin, rather than willpower. He explains how insulin resistance leads to weight gain and lays out a practical approach using dietary change and intermittent fasting for lasting results.

The Hunger Code

The follow-up to The Obesity Code, this book asks not just what or when we eat, but why. Dr Jason Fung introduces the body’s fat thermostat, a biological set point that regulates weight, and reveals the forces that drive us to overeat in an age of ultra-processed foods and weight-loss drugs.

The Ageless Brain

From the bestselling author of The End of Alzheimer’s, this transformative book challenges the belief that cognitive decline is an inevitable part of ageing. Dr Dale Bredesen shares the science and practical, everyday strategies to protect and sharpen the mind, and to help prevent and even reverse cognitive decline at any age.