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Identically Different: Why You Can Change Your Genes
Professor Tim Spector
£11.99 | Buy
Since the discovery of DNA, scientists have believed that genes are fixed entities that cannot be changed by environment - we inherit them, pass them on to our children and take them with us when we die. Professor Tim Spector reveals how the latest genetic research and his own pioneering studies on epigenetics are rewriting everything we thought we knew about genes, identity and evolution. Conceptually, he explains, our genes are not fixed entities but more like plastic, able to change shape and evolve, and these changes can be passed on to future generations.
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Spoon-Fed: Why Almost Everything We’ve Been Told about Food is Wrong
Professor Tim Spector
£11.99 | Buy
We are all bombarded with advice about what we should and shouldn't eat, and new scientific discoveries are announced every day. Yet the more we are told about nutrition, the less we seem to understand.
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The Diet Myth: The Real Science Behind What We Eat
Professor Tim Spector
£10.99 | Buy
Why do most diets fail? Why does one person eat a certain meal and gain weight, while another eating the same meal loses pounds? Why, despite all the advice about what to eat, are we all still getting fatter?
