Foreword
Introduction
My journey

I. The State of the Nation
Where we’re at
The six modern epidemics

II. Fat or Fiction?: Our Dietary Misconceptions
How did we get it so wrong?
The diet-heart hypothesis
Cholesterol: bad boy or innocent bystander?
Calories in, calories out
Salt: too much or too little?

III. The Real Causes
Insulin resistance
Inflammation
The gut microbiome
Carbs, fats and protein: getting the balance right

IV. My Five Golden Rules
An easy way forward
Reduce sugar
Avoid vegetable oils
Eat real food
Avoid processed foods
Drink when you are thirsty

V. How to Eat Well for Life
The trouble with weight-loss diets
Red, amber and green
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
My top twenty real foods
Don’t blow the food budget
Fast food doesn’t necessarily mean junk food
Eating out
Reading food labels
Supplements
Sweeteners
Gluten and other allergies
Vegetarian and vegan
The ketogenic diet
Fasting
Female issues
Feeding kids
Diet and performance

VI. The S-entials of Healthy Living
Sugar
Sedentary
Sleep
Stress
Sun
Smoking

VII. Tackling the Modern Epidemics
1. Obesity
2. Type 2 Diabetes
3. Fatty Liver
4. Tooth Decay
5. Cardiovascular Disease
6. Chronic Diseases

Conclusion
The final challenge
The trouble with our health system … and how to fix it

Your toolkit
My favourite recipes
How to measure body fat
What blood tests should I have?
Other names for sugar

Resources
Movies
Books
YouTube videos
Websites/blogs
Podcasts

SugarByHalf
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index