People who have at least one alcoholic d... by Michael Mosley | We Heart Quotes

People who have at least one alcoholic drink a week have a more diverse microbiome than those who don’t drink at all.

- Michael Mosley

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Seventy-five per cent of the world’s food comes from just twelve plants and five animal species.

- Michael Mosley

Neck size is an accurate predictor of whether or not you will snore.

- Michael Mosley

But surely, I hear you say, that’s crash dieting and crash dieting always fails? You end up putting back on all the weight you lost, and more. Well, no. Like anything, it depends on how it is done. Done badly, a very low-calorie diet will cause misery. Done properly, rapid weight loss is an extremely effective way to shed fat, combat blood sugar problems, reverse type 2 diabetes, perhaps even cure it.

- Michael Mosley

The more different types of plants you eat, the more diverse your microbiome.

- Michael Mosley

There is no reason to be alarmed by benign, occasional, short-term hunger. Given base-level good health, you will not perish. You won’t collapse in a heap and need to be rescued by the cat. Your body is designed to go without food for longish periods, even if it has lost the skill through years of grazing, picking, and snacking.

- Michael Mosley

Research has found that modern humans tend to mistake a whole range of emotions for hunger. We eat when we’re bored, when we’re thirsty, when we’re around food (when aren’t we?), when we’re with company, or simply when the clock happens to tell us it’s time for food. Most of us eat, too, just because it feels good. This is known as hedonic hunger.

- Michael Mosley

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