Aaron Carroll

Received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Let's talk about sex baby, let's talk about you and me...oops, sorry Salt n Pepa...Anyway...This book was a fun read. Each "chapter" was a basically an entry on a different sex myth. They covered myths about men, women and then just sex in general. The authors wrote the book in an easy to read and relateable way. Would have been a great bathroom read but I read it in one sitting in an afternoon. Definitely makes for great conversations.… (més)

Excellent, readable summary of the case for and against various foods. His bottom line is that most anything is okay in moderation, that we should focus more on unprocessed "real" food and less on the specific nutrients they contain.

MSG, Cholesterol, GMOs, Diet (vs. sugar-containing), alcohol, gluten, coffee are all fine.

On the other hand, don't go out of your way to consume more milk, don't pay more for organic food.

Meat is fine (but fish is better), but avoid regularly eating red meat. "Eaten in moderation and in a thoughtful way, it isn't going to kill you. Nor is completely avoiding it going to save you."

He says almost nothing about the microbiome, except in the context of the Suez-Korem study that found aspartame changes gut bacteria (he doesn't put much credence on non-human study results).… (més)