Spoon-Fed by Tim Spector

The bestselling author of The Diet Myth, Tim Spector has built a reputation as a culinary demystifier. In his latest, Spoon-Fed, he tackles a number of food myths. It’s a somewhat worthy work, and he’s not going to win any prizes for flair. But it’s undeniable he dishes up a harrowing tale of a food industry that is poorly regulated and rife with corruption. The book’s chief strength is in its reassuring message that if you have a balanced diet, most of the things you eat won’t actually kill you, despite all the scaremongering around. It’s a useful correction to the nonsense routinely peddled by self-appointed diet gurus, but beware: it’s something of an acquired taste.