Secrets from the Eating Lab

The Science of Weight Loss, the Myth of Willpower, and Why You Should Never Diet Again

De: Traci Mann PhD

Narrado por: Donna Postel

From her office in the University of Minnesota's Health and Eating Lab, professor Traci Mann researches self-control and dieting. And what she has discovered is groundbreaking. Not only do diets not work, they often result in weight gain. Americans are losing the battle of the bulge because our bodies and brains are not hardwired to resist food - the very idea of it works against our biological imperative to survive.

In Secrets from the Eating Lab, Mann challenges assumptions - including those that make up the very foundation of the weight loss industry - about how diets work and why they fail. The result of more than two decades of research, it offers cutting-edge science and exciting new insights into the American obesity epidemic and our relationship with eating and food.

©2015 Traci Mann (P)2015 Tantor

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" Secrets from the Eating Lab offers a behind-the-scenes look into one of the most ingenious and creative labs in the country." (Brian Wansink, PhD, author of Mindless Eating)

some boring areas, but great overall

Some boring areas, but great overall. Thats all I have to say, but this requires more characters.

Fascinating and practical!

Excellent book. Eye opening truth about the diet industry and he health bias that exists in the setting of obesity. Great psychology and physiology insights which can be applied to life practically.

This book was fascinating

I’m not sure that I will have any long-term life changing eating habits after reading this book, but it sure was interesting! Human nature is a fascinating study and the perspective on the brain and food was well worth the listen.
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Good solid research

Contains the facts we have to face. No false promises and no potions to sell.

Read this before you or a loved one diets!

There is so much about weight loss, dieting, obesity that we think we know. However, Traci Mann and her students have looked at all of the studies that claim to tell us what we think we know -- and have found something different. This book is a must read if you think you or someone you know needs to go on a diet and lose weight. Not only does Traci blast away some of the myths that pervade our culture, but she also gives very good practical tips to help reign in undesired eating habits. She also points out all the ways that the "being overweight is unhealthy for you" message.

And she is human, very, very human. She is not a person who has figured everything out and is living the perfect life. She is someone like me, who struggles sometimes. She has data. She has life experience. And she makes it all very interesting to listen to.

Great research and stories

I learned a lot about strategies that work for a healthy lifestyle that don't involving dieting or relying on will power. That's just not possible long term. Great book with helpful stories and research showing what works and what doesn't.

Healthy way to view food

I really enjoyed this book. I have been dieting much of my life and through her research shared ways for me to get the results I truly need vs. just want because society tells me I should be a certain way. I have already started using her tips and am happier and feel better about my relationship with food.

Good read

Loved the use of real scientific evidence throughout the book. No guru mumbo jumbo here.

Very enlightening!

I loved the research and examples in this book! It was an easy read, too!

Diets don’t work/Obesity won’t kill you/more

This is my third listen. The information about how diets literally cannot work needs to be sung from rooftops, while all the “medical” system hoopla (it pays well for those promoting diets/TV shows/extreme exercise regimes that aren’t sustainable/food supplements) need to be drowned in the sound of the truth. Bodies seek their own preferred weight set point. If we starve ourselves, the body will work hard to return to that set point and may even reset the metabolism to be more efficient if it feels starvation is possible, and make it less possible to lose weight.

The information about weight discrimination was obvious but horrifying. I live in the one state (Michigan) with laws against this practice.

I love all the stories of experiments at Univ. of Minn. Thanks.

The information about exercise (I prefer to call it movement or activity) and how it is health-enhancing regardless of weight or food choices? Brilliant and encouraging.

The only down side is that she still spends time talking about how to train ourselves to avoid X foods and instead train ourselves into liking Y foods. It could be interpreted as diet advice. That part might feel shaming to some readers, though the ideas could be useful.

Admittedly, I now eat very healthy because of extreme food allergies/sensitivities, and am at the point where I prefer those foods. I do eat some sweets, but even those I must make myself so the ingredients are healthier than those I might purchase. I personally guarantee that changing one’s food choices gradually also changes one’s preferences.

I will certainly listen yet again in another year or so. Thanks for this dense package of actual researched facts.