How to Eat (And Still Lose Weight): The Science to Surviving Our Ultra-Processed Food Environment

by Andrew Jenkinson

Genres: Audiobook

320 pages, Paperback

Published January 9, 2025

Reviews

[Leah Leatherday · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m plant-based and ate some fish after I finished this book. Hungry for nutrients.


Given 3.5-4 stars because of the added xantham gum in a recipe for flatbreads at the end (thought the entire book was to avoid processed foods???). Also because of the comment on vegetarianism/veganism; eating animals is carbon neutral. I can’t argue with that logic, predators will eat their prey and it’s the circle of life. However I do believe that it’s the sheer amount of animals that are slaughtered constantly on treacherous farms, therefore affecting the ecosystem tremendously to the point it cannot function normally anymore because there are barely any wild animals left to contribute to it naturally…that’ll be why people choose to eat less meat.

Either way, great psychology and biology dumbed down for my caveman brain 😀

[Adrienna · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a transition for me since my environment and growing up in IL and WI, Midwest, my families were meat-eaters, potatoes, and bread with butter hardly any vegetables and called salads "rabbit food". Until I gained so much weight while in college years, no longer an athlete, I started to see how this lifestyle made me feel and gained up to 100 lbs over normal weight.

This book is written for/in UK, yet this book is better than the first one he wrote.
Key points many Youtube videos, other books have suggested not to eat:
*Certain oils (that family would buy canola and vegetable oil, high in quantity in most stores and cheap)
*Processed foods (convenient and cheaper)

I haven't tried fully raw diet, read whole foods booklet, and other tools--considered whole foods, plant-based only with fruits and vegetables not vegan or vegetarian with so much processed, soy, and/gluten which is what most of these foods have to substitute meat(s) or dairy.

Overall, this book is helpful.

[Michelle Skurr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clear guide to how the modern food environment makes it so easy to gain weight and hard to lose and achievable guide on how to eat better and be healthier.