Food Intelligence

Belluz, a health journalist, and Hall, a metabolism researcher, use their book to relitigate the last decade of nutrition science, particularly Hall's own controlled-feeding research on ultra-processed food, into something readable without flattening the uncertainty that still surrounds the field. What sets it apart is a refusal to land on a single villain: reviewers have highlighted how the authors resist blaming willpower or any one nutrient, instead building a case that overeating is a predictable response to a food environment engineered for overconsumption.