It Starts with Food
by Dallas Hartwig and Melissa Hartwig
The reasoning behind the Whole30: how food affects hormones, gut, immune system and psychology, why they exclude what they exclude, and the thirty-day plan. It is the why to The Whole30's how; some of the mechanistic claims are stronger than the evidence.
Read it if…
you want the rationale before committing to a Whole30.
Skip it if…
you only want the plan; see The Whole30.
Three things you will actually use
- Food affects more than weight.
- Rules can be a relief from decision fatigue.
- Test, do not trust, claims about your own body.
Do this first
Read the four good-food standards and apply them to one day's eating.
Our verdict
The rationale, somewhat overstated.
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