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Fung's book The Obesity Code received a 31% score for scientific accuracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Fung

I'm kind of curious if there is any diet or nutrition related book that would score high on scientific accuracy. The field in general seems hard to study well.

If any commenting pass-byers know of any, let me know, id be interested.

Dr. Michael Greger's books (and website: https://nutritionfacts.org) boast an astonishing amount of citations of medical studies. He readily acknowledges the vast volume of literature around nutrition, with more and more studies being published every year. He and his volunteers have taken on the mission of wading through it and making sense of it.

His books, in order of publication:

- How Not to Die (2k citations) - How Not to Diet (5k citations) - How Not to Age (13k citations)

thanks for the recommendation!

Right. I can't believe you're citing a source that can be edited by literally anyone.

Also, I cited "The Diabetes Code", not "The Obesity Code", goalpost mover.

Wikipedia did very well here. There is a link in a footnote to an external site where you can confirm that Red Pen Reviews did in fact give this review.

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