Professor Tim Spector
The Science of Eating Well
Transform your health with one of the top 100 most cited scientists in the world.
This course includes:
What you'll learn
Join Tim as he teaches you about the different aspects of gut health, nutrition and healthy eating habits.
- Learn what, when, and how to eat
- Improve your gut microbiome
- Boost your energy levels and metabolism
- Debunk food myths
- Identify ultra processed food
- Learn how to ferment your own food
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Tim has dedicated his career to researching how the food we eat affects our long-term health, and is one of the world’s top 1% most cited scientists. A Professor in Genetic Epidemiology at King’s College London, he is also the bestselling author of groundbreaking books such as The Diet Myth and Spoon Fed, which made the links between genetics, human diseases, and the gut microbiome accessible to the general public.
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Course preview
Lesson plan (20)
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01
Introduction to The Science of Eating Well
17:19
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02
The gut microbiome
25:49
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03
Identically different
04:07
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04
Diet myths
13:45
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05
Weight loss
27:18
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06
Our food environment
06:38
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07
Digestion
06:46
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08
Ultra-processed food
15:39
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09
Microbiome makeover: 30 plants a week
16:53
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10
Food culture
04:20
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11
Food myths
13:02
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12
Food matrix
02:03
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13
The gut microbiome and mental health
08:14
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14
Metabolism
09:58
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15
Fermenting
17:35
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16
Time-restricted eating
07:27
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17
Healthy ageing
06:23
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18
Personalised nutrition
07:23
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19
What Tim eats
20:10
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20
Next steps
05:15
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