Tim Spector at King's College London - The Diet Myth

Tim Spector talks our alumni through the research involved in putting together his latest book, 'The Diet Myth'.

[sebacatana]

What is the name of the bacteria he mentions is "fat busting"? (17:42)

[johnschlesinger]

I cannot imagine where the professor got the notion that boa constrictors eat pigs from. Even the largest subspecies, the true red tail boas - boa constrictor constrictor - generally are no longer than eight or nine feet, and the largest prey that they take would be a rabbit - and in the wild they are unlikely to feed more than every two months. They do not "fast' during this time: they have a very slow rate of digestion, and very low energy needs, because they are ectothermic, and are generally inactive. The only snakes capable of eating adult pigs are green anacondas and reticulated pythons - the two largest snakes in the world. I found this lecture absolutely fascinating though.

[shahnazbi]

Dr Spector said Inshallah.
Mash'allah 😍

[adrianhepton]

Descartes :I think therefore I am, Spector I poo therefore I am :)

[toni]

Natives anywhere in the world couldn't be vegans or even vegetarians. Look at what is available in the Australain bush to eat, or even the African forest. People would die in no time at all. This is the same no matter where in the world you are. Our supermarket food has been manufactured and wouldn't be found in a native form anywhere.
Fruit only grows once a year on any tree or vine so you can't survive on it, it simply isn't there to eat.