Your Best Friend Is Your Stomach: Food for Smart People

Elena Motova is a doctor-dietitian and a science journalist. She is always learning; he favorite course among those she’s completed is “Nutrition for Health Promotion” at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She runs an engaging blog about evidence-based nutrition. She gives lectures on nutrition and eating behavior. She cooks well and eats with pleasure.

How do the stomach, liver, and intestines work? Do we taste everything the same way? Here is a new format book about nutrition. You’ll learn not only about digestion and metabolism, but also how the brain and hormones regulate weight. How are eating habits formed, why do people gain weight after diets, and why do we need different nutrients—science of nutrition answers these and many other questions.

Stories from dietetics, new medical research, and advice on changing eating behavior in one volume. Not a single stone will be left upon the myths about nutrition. Beware—evidence-based dietetics!