For years the battle lines have been drawn between two diet camps: the low-carb, high-fat diet fans and those who favour a more vegetarian diet, rich in carbs. So which is right? This groundbreaking book cuts through the controversy to discover a unique method of successfully blending the two.

Variation not moderation is the secret to losing weight and gaining health


The conventional calorie-controlled, low fat, high carb diet has failed to stem the obesity epidemic and has contributed to the rise in lifestyle diseases such as diabetes. Confusion reigns about what we should eat. Fat or carbs? Plant-based or meat?
The Hybrid Diet presents a cutting-edge and incredibly effective alternative - one that matches our body's evolutionary design. We have an inbuilt 'dual-fuel 'mechanism for making the best of periods of feast and famine. This is our ability to run on glucose from carbs and on ketones from the fat we eat and our own body fat. Switch between the two and something remarkable happens - you set up a healthy cycle of growth and repair but also crave sweet foods less, and are able to derive and burn energy efficiently from fat.
The Hybrid Diet helps you:
· Lose weight and maintain your ideal weight effortlessly
· Get the benefits of fasting without going hungry
· Prevent and reverse diabetes and heart disease
· Reduce your risk of cancer and cognitive decline

· Repair and rejuvenate your body, slowing the ageing process

You can tap into this healing cycle simply by switching between a 'slow' carb diet and one high in healthy fats. The Hybrid Diet explains why, when and how to switch and provides you with the simple and delicious recipes you need to do it.
Written by leading nutrition expert Patrick Holford and award-winning medical journalist Jerome Burne, this comprehensive, inspiring and practical book offers a unique way to master your metabolism and improve your health with a diverse range of foods that suit our hybrid nature.

'The Hybrid Diet is a highly readable, smart and well-reasoned book based on the latest generation of rigorous science. Given the weak state of evidence behind our government's dietary advice, this book is a far better resource than any official guidance for people seeking practical tips, along with the explanatory science on how to lose weight and reverse nutrition-related conditions.'

Nina Teicholz, author of The Big Fat Surprise, and Adjunct Professor, New York University