From the author of Spoon-Fed and The Diet Myth , a comprehensive guide to the new science of nutrition, drawing on Tim Spector’s cutting-edge research as one of the world’s leading experts in food science. – Food for health – Food for your microbes – Food as medicine – Food as mental health – Food for immunity – Food for the planet – Food for life Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat has never seemed so complicated. Tim Spector has pioneered a science-based approach to nutrition, encouraging us to forget misleading notions of calorie counts or nutritional breakdowns. In Food for Life he draws on over a decade of cutting-edge scientific research, along with his own personal insights, to deliver a new and comprehensive guide to what we should all know about food today. Taking a wide-angle lens on everything from environmental impact and food fraud to allergies and deceptive labeling, Spector also shows us the many wondrous and surprising properties of everyday foods, which scientists are only just beginning to understand.