Diet Cults
The Surprising Fallacy at the Core of Nutrition Fads and a Guide to Healthy Eating for the Rest of Us
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Matt Fitzgerald
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From the national best-selling author of Racing Weight, Matt Fitzgerald exposes the irrationality, half-truths, and downright impossibility of a "single right way" to eat and reveals how to develop rational, healthy eating habits.
From "the Four-Hour Body" to "Atkins," there are diet cults to match seemingly any mood and personality type. Everywhere we turn, someone is preaching the "one true way" to eat for maximum health. Paleo Diet advocates tell us that all foods less than 12,000 years old are the enemy. Low-carb gurus demonize carbs, and then there are the low-fat prophets. But they agree on one thing: There is only one true way to eat for maximum health. The first clue that this is a fallacy is the sheer variety of diets advocated. Indeed, while all of these competing views claim to be backed by science, a good look at actual nutritional science suggests it is impossible to identify a single best way to eat. Fitzgerald advocates an agnostic, rational approach to eating habits based on one's own habits, lifestyle, and genetics and body type. Many professional athletes already practice this "Good Enough" diet, and now we can too—and ditch the brainwashing of these diet cults for good.
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Matt Fitzgerald has already made a name for himself in the endurance-sport community with books like 80/20 Running, How Bad Do You Want It?, and Iron War. He is an accomplished amateur runner, but if he follows the training, nutrition, and lifestyle of an elite runner, just how fast could he go? He is approaching his mid-40s, so the time to do this is now. He at last has the financial means to do nothing but train.
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Loved until he was petty and cruel to Kellyn T.
- By Melini on 08-09-20
By: Matt Fitzgerald
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The Other Talent
- The Curiously Complex Role of Mental Health in Athletic Greatness and Why It's Never Too Late to Harness Your Potential
- By: Matt Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Gregory Abbey
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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On the playing field, natural talent isn’t enough—there’s a mental component that determines whether athletes win the race or wipe out before the finish line. But what separates standout sports stars from the rest? In a paradigm-shifting new theory, acclaimed sportswriter Matt Fitzgerald identifies two key traits behind athletic success: strict self-regulation over thoughts and emotions and an unquenchable psychological need to pursue victory—even when it means enduring extreme mental and physical suffering.
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a romance novel for exercise addicts like me
- By Anonymous User on 10-19-24
By: Matt Fitzgerald
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The Endurance Diet
- Discover the 5 Core Habits of the World’s Greatest Athletes to Look, Feel, and Perform Better
- By: Matt Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Gregory Abbey
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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Sports Nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald has spent nearly twenty years studying the diets of top professional endurance athletes, who are among the fittest and healthiest people in the world. As a result, he has identified five core habits that are essential to maximizing workout benefits. The Endurance Diet shares key strategies for optimal health and performance: eat everything, eat quality, eat carbohydrate, eat enough, and eat individually. Whether you want to lose weight, win a race, or look a little more like an elite athlete, this plan is for you.
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A lot of details
- By (。’▽’。)♡ on 09-12-24
By: Matt Fitzgerald
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The Comeback Quotient
- A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
- By: Matt Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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Every sports fan loves a great comeback. Is there a special quality shared by top athletes who triumph over great challenges? And can anyone acquire it? In The Comeback Quotient, celebrated sports writer Matt Fitzgerald supplies the answer to both questions. He identifies these mega-achievers of astounding athletic comebacks as "ultrarealists", men and women who succeed where others fail by fully accepting, embracing, and addressing the reality of their situations.
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Perfect for everyday mindset in business and sports!
- By Cornelius Henderson on 04-17-21
By: Matt Fitzgerald
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Iron War
- Dave Scott, Mark Allen, and the Greatest Race Ever Run
- By: Matt Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Seth Michael Donsky
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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The 1989 Ironman World Championship was the greatest race ever in endurance sports. In a spectacular duel that became known as the Iron War, the world's two strongest athletes raced side by side at world-record pace for a grueling 139 miles. Driven by one of the fiercest rivalries in triathlon, Dave Scott and Mark Allen raced shoulder to shoulder through Ironman’s 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike race, and 26.2-mile marathon. After 8 punishing hours, both men would demolish the previous record - and cross the finish line a mere 58 seconds apart.
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Fine Story....But the Narration!!!!
- By Gabriel on 01-15-14
By: Matt Fitzgerald
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How Bad Do You Want It?
- Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle
- By: Matt Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Matt Fitzgerald
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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The greatest athletic performances spring from the mind, not the body. Elite athletes have known this for decades, and now science is learning why it's true. In his fascinating new book, How Bad Do You Want It?, coach Matt Fitzgerald examines more than a dozen pivotal races to discover the surprising ways elite athletes strengthen their mental toughness.
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Great information, horrible delivery
- By Mama D on 03-14-16
By: Matt Fitzgerald
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Running the Dream
- One Summer Living, Training, and Racing with a Team of World-Class Runners Half My Age
- By: Matt Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Matt Fitzgerald has already made a name for himself in the endurance-sport community with books like 80/20 Running, How Bad Do You Want It?, and Iron War. He is an accomplished amateur runner, but if he follows the training, nutrition, and lifestyle of an elite runner, just how fast could he go? He is approaching his mid-40s, so the time to do this is now. He at last has the financial means to do nothing but train.
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Loved until he was petty and cruel to Kellyn T.
- By Melini on 08-09-20
By: Matt Fitzgerald
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The Other Talent
- The Curiously Complex Role of Mental Health in Athletic Greatness and Why It's Never Too Late to Harness Your Potential
- By: Matt Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Gregory Abbey
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
On the playing field, natural talent isn’t enough—there’s a mental component that determines whether athletes win the race or wipe out before the finish line. But what separates standout sports stars from the rest? In a paradigm-shifting new theory, acclaimed sportswriter Matt Fitzgerald identifies two key traits behind athletic success: strict self-regulation over thoughts and emotions and an unquenchable psychological need to pursue victory—even when it means enduring extreme mental and physical suffering.
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a romance novel for exercise addicts like me
- By Anonymous User on 10-19-24
By: Matt Fitzgerald
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The Endurance Diet
- Discover the 5 Core Habits of the World’s Greatest Athletes to Look, Feel, and Perform Better
- By: Matt Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Gregory Abbey
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Sports Nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald has spent nearly twenty years studying the diets of top professional endurance athletes, who are among the fittest and healthiest people in the world. As a result, he has identified five core habits that are essential to maximizing workout benefits. The Endurance Diet shares key strategies for optimal health and performance: eat everything, eat quality, eat carbohydrate, eat enough, and eat individually. Whether you want to lose weight, win a race, or look a little more like an elite athlete, this plan is for you.
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A lot of details
- By (。’▽’。)♡ on 09-12-24
By: Matt Fitzgerald
-
The Comeback Quotient
- A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
- By: Matt Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Every sports fan loves a great comeback. Is there a special quality shared by top athletes who triumph over great challenges? And can anyone acquire it? In The Comeback Quotient, celebrated sports writer Matt Fitzgerald supplies the answer to both questions. He identifies these mega-achievers of astounding athletic comebacks as "ultrarealists", men and women who succeed where others fail by fully accepting, embracing, and addressing the reality of their situations.
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Perfect for everyday mindset in business and sports!
- By Cornelius Henderson on 04-17-21
By: Matt Fitzgerald
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Iron War
- Dave Scott, Mark Allen, and the Greatest Race Ever Run
- By: Matt Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Seth Michael Donsky
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
The 1989 Ironman World Championship was the greatest race ever in endurance sports. In a spectacular duel that became known as the Iron War, the world's two strongest athletes raced side by side at world-record pace for a grueling 139 miles. Driven by one of the fiercest rivalries in triathlon, Dave Scott and Mark Allen raced shoulder to shoulder through Ironman’s 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike race, and 26.2-mile marathon. After 8 punishing hours, both men would demolish the previous record - and cross the finish line a mere 58 seconds apart.
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Fine Story....But the Narration!!!!
- By Gabriel on 01-15-14
By: Matt Fitzgerald
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- Kootch
- 06-08-16
Not bad
I liked Matt's perspective, the takeaway being that "diets" are cult-like, and there is no perfect diet. Sensible, science based alternatives are proposed.
A bit less personal stuff would be good. His bias for "endurance athletes" like himself is annoying.
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- lh76
- 06-09-16
A good no nonsense approach
I really enjoyed learning a lot about how eating ideas got hold . Great no nonsense ideas at the end too
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- Nate R
- 09-14-20
Myths and Mysteries Resolved
The book debunks several myths about food. It also reassures us that our choices are not all bad. Mr. Fitzgerald spends time explaining and exploring how our rules for food came about.
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- Mike Assenato
- 02-18-22
Interesting and Relevant
Simply the most interesting (content and presentation) book I’ve ever read/listened to. It really demystifies the entire diet cult and clarifies the common sense approach to eating. Thank you.
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- Joshua
- 09-15-20
A nice perspective but ultimately contradictory
The author spends a lot of time debunking the particulars of different food trends and the dogma they entail, only to present his own version later. A pretty good read all in all. However, at times the authors biases became starkly obvious. He gives lip service to science. The parts on glutenfree eating wholing ignored the aspects of glyphosate toxicity. In the end however the authors point and intention is still a generally valid one. Also some nice factoids and trivia contained within.
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- Gloria Fulmer
- 03-29-22
Interesting topic but,,,
There were some very good points which does help one to not be so dogmatic about their approach to nutrition,,,
But the irony was while bashing all the cult like behaviors he offers his own cult like approach to eating of which the climax is honey is not a sweet 😎
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- Aranesan
- 11-29-23
A great overview of all the modern diet fads
Each chapter delves into one area of diet that have developed into cult like followings like paleo, veganism, superfoods and these stories alone are worth the book.
The author then proposes one tweak and build a diet that meets our own needs, pleasures, and constraints. The system proposed doesn’t seem all that simple as is presented. And can’t beat the simplicity of Michael Pollan’s guide “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
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- Steven
- 06-05-24
Worth reading but reinvents wheel
Overall, a good read. It makes well for a pretty comprehensive takedown of silly diets. However, it kind of falls apart at the seams towards the end of the book when the author tries to create his own program of nutrition. While it is rooted in science and mostly makes sense… I don’t see how it’s any easier than simply following some basic macro-nutrient guidelines, while weighing your food to establish precisely how many calories you are eating. I weigh every gram of everything I eat and track it in an app. It takes a few minutes throughout the day. I know precisely how much energy I consume, and how much energy I expend, at all times. While tracking my energy in and out, I simply watch to keep my macros within my desired percentage levels. I can’t understand how an arbitrary eating program is easier than simply using a scale and tracking some numbers. Nevertheless, the author’s guidelines, while somewhat vague, will certainly help the novice to nutrition, and I do admire the fact that aren’t exclusionary. For perspective, I regularly do high endurance rucks, and dabble in amateur bodybuilding and powerlifting.
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- rkeinc
- 02-14-16
Tells it like it is!
This book really puts in perspective all the diet books on the market! I enjoyed it very much!
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- Miller time
- 01-18-16
Great Read
Fitzgerald knows his stuff and it makes complete sense for his reasoning behind all those diet cults and what not to do! Worth listening to for sure!
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