The Pioppi Diet - Dr Aseem Malhotra & Donal O'Neil. pub 2017

[Dave W]

To quote the front cover - " Lose weight, feel great and drastically reduce your risk of type-2 diabetes and heart disease."
It's quite a big book that runs to 364 pages and very comprehensive in its coverage about diet, exercise, stress, cholesterol and more. About half the book is given to foods and some rather enticing recipes.
Dr Malhotra is a cardiologist and a prime mover, probably THE prime mover, in getting the UK government to introduce the sugar tax.
I bought the Kindle version (£4.99) to read on holiday and found it so interesting and packed with useful info that I've now bought it in paper-back

 

[mikeyB]

There are critics of this book, the most devastating being the claim that the people of Pioppi eat a low carb Mediterranean style diet. Actually, they eat processed carbs too - bread and pasta, like everyone else in Italy.

A particularly vituperative criticism is here:
https://health.spectator.co.uk/the-...-lifestyle-guide-based-on-distorted-evidence/

It’s hilarious.

 

[Dave W]

There are critics of this book, the most devastating being the claim that the people of Pioppi eat a low carb Mediterranean style diet. Actually, they eat processed carbs too - bread and pasta, like everyone else in Italy.

A particularly vituperative criticism is here:
https://health.spectator.co.uk/the-...-lifestyle-guide-based-on-distorted-evidence/

It’s hilarious.

Thanks for that link Mike - very interesting reading.

 

[Dave W]

He's responding to the critics -
https://www.facebook.com/100000237161573/posts/2536070629744151/

 

[Eddy Edson]

There are critics of this book, the most devastating being the claim that the people of Pioppi eat a low carb Mediterranean style diet. Actually, they eat processed carbs too - bread and pasta, like everyone else in Italy.

A particularly vituperative criticism is here:
https://health.spectator.co.uk/the-...-lifestyle-guide-based-on-distorted-evidence/

It’s hilarious.

Great!

 

[Deleted member 21371]

There are critics of this book, the most devastating being the claim that the people of Pioppi eat a low carb Mediterranean style diet. Actually, they eat processed carbs too - bread and pasta, like everyone else in Italy.

A particularly vituperative criticism is here:
https://health.spectator.co.uk/the-...-lifestyle-guide-based-on-distorted-evidence/

It’s hilarious.

First rule of diets, never buy the book.
And the link indeed proves it.

 

[Eddy Edson]

First rule of diets, never buy the book.
And the link indeed proves it.

Yup, that's the conclusion I come to. Ignore anybody who's selling a book or a subscription to a Website etc. Even if what they're saying makes sense, almost always they'll be saying pretty much the same thing as mainstream nutritionists. If not, it's most likely woo.