Foodist: Using Real Food and Real Science to Lose Weight Without Dieting

by Darya Pino Rose

Overview

In Foodist, Darya Pino Rose, a neuroscientist, food writer, and the creator of SummerTomato.com, delivers a savvy, practical guide to ending the diet cycle and discovering lasting weight-loss through the love of food and the fundamentals of science. 

A foodist simply has a different way of looking at food, and makes decisions with a clear understanding of how to optimize health and happiness. Foodist is a new approach to healthy eating that focuses on what you like to eat, rather than what you should or shouldn’t eat, while teaching you how to make good decisions, backed up by an understanding of what it means to live a healthy lifestyle.

Foodist: Using Real Food and Real Science to Lose Weight Without Dieting is filled with tips on food shopping, food prep, cooking, and how to pick the right restaurants and make smart menu choices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062201270
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/11/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	339
File size:	854 KB

About the Author

Darya Pino Rose is the creator of Summer Tomato, one of TIME's 50 Best Websites. She received her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California, San Francisco, and her bachelor's degree in molecular and cell biology from UC Berkeley.

Darya spends most of her time thinking and writing about food, health, and science. She eats amazing things daily and hasn't even considered "going on a diet" since 2007. Darya is now a dedicated foodist and advocate of local, seasonal foods.

Table of Contents

Part I Healthstyle

1 "Diet" Is a Four-Letter Word: What This Book Is, and Isn't 3

2 The Myth of Willpower: You Don't Fail Diets-They Fail You 15

3 Healthstyle: A Kinder, Gentler Way to Lose Weight and Keep It Off 31

4 Eat Food: Why You Don't Need a Ph.D. to Make Smart Food Decisions 53

Part II Getting Started

5 Know Thy Food: Two Weeks of Tracking, Because You're Worth It 91

6 Shopping and Cooking: A Crash Course in Becoming a Kitchen Ninja 115

7 Zen and the Art of Mindful Eating 149

8 The Way You Move: NEAT, 10,000 Steps, and Pumping Iron 173

9 Recalibration, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance 185

Part III The Daily Foodist

10 Home Savory Home: Your Single Biggest Asset in Weight Control 209

11 The Office: Brown Bags and Bullies 245

12 Restaurants: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 265

13 How to Win Over Friends and Influence Family 279

14 On Food and Values 303

Acknowledgments 313

Notes 315

Index 321

Editorial Reviews

Food blogger and neuroscientist Rose maintains her weight, she says proudly and sheepishly, by eating whatever she wants—and what she wants is "healthy food most of the time." In this food-positive self-help volume, Rose rejects dieting and deprivation: "Shouldn't there be more to life than constantly denying yourself the things you enjoy?" She bemoans regimens such as Atkins and Weight Watchers. Instead, in addition to what we eat, she encourages readers to pay attention to how and why we eat; elements that can significantly impact long-term health. However, she coins cringe-worthy terms like "foodist" and "healthstyle", her discussion can get awkward amid amateurish writing, and she pulls quotes from random places (Yoda, for one). For the most part, however, Rose does a decent job laying out her good-food plan. She offers advice on shopping and cooking, provides workable lists for well-stocked pantries, and gathers key points into occasional sidebars: "Nine Surefire Ways to Sabotage Your Weight Loss" "The Top 10 Most Underrated Health Foods" "Forty-Two Code Words for Sugar". Although nothing in Rose's book is earth-shattering news, the enthusiasm with which she delivers it remains accessible and encouraging. (May)

Publishers Weekly

Darya is my favorite kind of scientist—she finds the simple in the complex, the beauty in the chaos. If anyone will make you love (and rediscover) food, it’s her.” — Tim Ferriss

“In Foodist, Darya Pino gives the most sensible advice I’ve read about attaining and maintaining healthy weight without dieting. Her science-based approach tells you how to enjoy real food, make the best food choices, and not deny yourself the pleasures of eating. I recommend this book.” — Andrew Weil, M.D.

From the Publisher

Darya is my favorite kind of scientist—she finds the simple in the complex, the beauty in the chaos. If anyone will make you love (and rediscover) food, it’s her.

Tim Ferriss

In Foodist, Darya Pino gives the most sensible advice I’ve read about attaining and maintaining healthy weight without dieting. Her science-based approach tells you how to enjoy real food, make the best food choices, and not deny yourself the pleasures of eating. I recommend this book.

Andrew Weil