The best ally we have for maintaining our health is food, but choosing what to eat has never been so difficult. Tim Spector is a leader in the field of science-based nutrition, encouraging us to abandon false beliefs about calorie counts and nutritional breakdowns. In Food for Life, he presents a fresh and thorough overview of what we should all know about food right now based on more than ten years of cutting-edge scientific study as well as his own personal observations. Spector examines a broad range of topics, from the environment's impact and food fraud to allergies and false labelling, while also highlighting the many beautiful and unexpected qualities of common foods that scientists are only now beginning to fully comprehend. Empowering, practical, wide-ranging and filled with intriguing insights, Food for Life is nothing less than a new approach to how to eat - for our health and the health of the planet.