Index

⚠️ A topic index for a book read on a screen is partly redundant — search is faster. ⚠️ So this one is built for the two jobs search does badly: finding where a topic is ARGUED rather than merely mentioned, and finding the VERDICT attached to a claim.

⚠️ Bold chapter numbers mark the primary treatment. ⚠️ Verdicts in the right column are looked up in Appendix E, which has all 468.

⚠️ This index is hand-built. scripts/compile-index.sh generates a term list from the glossary instead, which is strictly less useful — do not run it over this file.

A

Adherence — 10 (threshold), 24, 31, 35, 37, 38 · ⚠️ the load-bearing finding for Ch 37 Alcohol — 12, 33 §33.11, 37 · ⚠️ no protective dose ✅ Allergy, food — 28, 25, 30, 35, 37, App G · ⚠️ the one absolute personalization Alkaline diets — 17 · ⚠️ ❌ Amenorrhoea in athletes — 34 §34.6, 23 · ⚠️ a symptom, not a sign of training hard enough Amino acids, essential — 8 Anaphylaxis — 28 §28.3 Anorexia nervosa — 34; atypical, 34 §34.4 Antioxidant supplements — 13, 2, 37 §37.2b, App H · ⚠️ 🟠, and some caused harm ARFID — 34 §34.1, 34 CS2 Athletes — 23, 15, 34 §34.6, App G · see also RED-S

B

Bad-night plan — 31 §31.11, 33 §33.4, 37, 38, App F · ⚠️ a cue intervention, not a nutritional one Beta-carotene template — 2, 13, 35 §35.2, App D · ⚠️ the book's recurring cautionary structure Binge eating disorder — 34 §34.1 · ⚠️ the most common eating disorder Bioavailability — 14 Biotin and lab assays — 16, App H · ⚠️ Walt's ER visit at 04:32 Blood-type diets — 35 §35.6 · ⚠️ ❌, tested directly Body weight, defended — 24 (threshold), 33, 37 Bone — 25 §25.10b, 14, 34 §34.5 Breakfast — 21, 31 §31.12b, 37 §37.4 · ⚠️ optional Bulimia nervosa — 34 §34.1

C

Caffeine — 16, 23, 33 §33.11, 35 §35.3, App H · ⚠️ 🟢 ergogenic Calcium — 14, 25, App A Cash flow vs income — 32 §32.1, 36, App F · ⚠️ the most under-stated fact in budget-food advice CGM (glucose monitors) — 35 §35.5, 26, 35 CS1, 37 CS2 · ⚠️ 🟡 in non-diabetic people Children, feeding — 33 §33.6b, 25 §25.6, 34, App G · ⚠️ restriction and pressure backfire in opposite directions Cholesterol, dietary — 9, 37 §37.2b · ⚠️ guidance withdrawn "Clean eating" — 20 §20.10, 17, 34 §34.9 Coeliac disease — 28 §28.6, App G · ⚠️ test BEFORE removing gluten Confounding — 2 (threshold), 3, App D Convergence, the two — 37 §37.2, 35 §35.10, 36 §36.9 · ⚠️ partial independence, and stated as such Cost per nutrient — 32 §32.2, App B, App C Cravings — 33 §33.9 · ⚠️ ❌ nutrient-specific, except sodium Creatine — 16, 23, App H · ⚠️ ✅, the best-evidenced sports supplement Cue vs interval diagnostic — 33 §33.3, 37 §37.7, 38, App D · ⚠️ "what started this?"

D–E

Defaults beat decisions — 33 §33.4, 36 §36.7 · ⚠️ the same finding from two directions "Detox" — 17 · ⚠️ ❌ Diabetes, type 2 — 26, 35 §35.2, 34 §34.5b, App G DiRECT trial — 26 §26.3 DIETFITS — 35 §35.3b, 37 CS1 · ⚠️ pre-specified and falsified Digestion — 3 Disinhibition — 33 §33.6 Eating disorders — 34, 33 §33.6, 37 §37.10, App G · ⚠️ §34.14 for help Eggs — 9, 37 CS1, App C Energy availability — 15, 23, 34 §34.6 · ⚠️ figures deliberately not repeated in Ch 34 Energy balance — 4 (threshold), 5, 24, App B Energy density — 22, 30, App B, App C Environmental impact — 36 §36.3, 36 §36.3b, 37 · ⚠️ find the denominator first Externalities — 36 §36.13

F–G

Fasting, intermittent — 21, 37 §37.4 · ⚠️ works to the extent it reduces intake Fermented foods — 27 §27.9 · ⚠️ 🟢 Fibre — 11, 7, 27, 32, 37, App C · ⚠️ the largest evidence-to-attention gap Fish, oily — 19, 36 §36.9, 37 · ⚠️ 🟢, with a sustainability conflict named FODMAPs — 27 §27.11, 28 · ⚠️ three phases; reintroduction is the one products omit Food insecurity — 32, 33 §33.6, 34 §34.10, 36, App G Food matrix — 18, 22 Food systems — 36 Food waste — 31 §31.13, 32 §32.4, 36 §36.8 · ⚠️ the largest recoverable household sum Fuel poverty and cooking — 32 §32.5, 36 · ⚠️ you cannot cook what you cannot heat Genetic tests, diet — 35 §35.3, 35 §35.3b · ⚠️ ❌ to 🟠; same sample, different advice Ghrelin — 21, 24, 33 Glycaemic index — 7, 35 §35.1 Gluten — 28, 37 §37.2b, App G Group 4 / NOVA — 22, 36 §36.5

H–L

Habit — 33 §33.8, 38 §38.9 Healthy-user bias — 2 (threshold), 33 §33.9, App D Hunger, two systems — 33 (threshold), 37, 38, App D IgG panels — 28 §28.13, 35, 37 CS2, App H · ⚠️ ❌ Implementation intentions — 31 §31.11, 33 §33.8, 38 Intuitive eating — 33 §33.10 · ⚠️ a homeostatic strategy; right problem for some readers Iodine — 14, 25, App A · ⚠️ a genuine widespread gap Iron — 14, 15, 23, 34, App A, App H · ⚠️ diagnosed deficiency only Labels, food — 30, 36, App C Leptin — 24, 33 Liking vs wanting — 33 §33.2, 33 CS1

M–O

Marketing to children — 36 §36.6 · ⚠️ ✅ and not seriously contested Meal planning — 31, 37 §37.3b, App F Metabolic adaptation — 5 (threshold), 24 Microbiome — 27 (threshold), 11, 35 §35.4, 37 Minnesota Starvation Experiment — 33 §33.6, 34 §34.2 Myths, shapes of — 17, 1, 37 §37.6b, App D "Natural" — 20, 30 · ⚠️ unregulated NCGS — 28 §28.8 NEAT — 5, App B n-of-1 experiments — 35 §35.9, App B §8, App F Older adults — 25, 29, 34 CS2, App G · ⚠️ the general advice inverts Orthorexia — 34 §34.9, 20 · ⚠️ ⚗️ as a distinct entity OSFED — 34 §34.1 · ⚠️ not a mild category Over-extension — 17, 37 §37.6b

P–R

Personalized nutrition — 35, 37 §37.5 Postprandial response — 35 §35.1 Pregnancy — 25, 13, 14, App G Processed meat — 9, 26, 37 CS1 · ⚠️ ✅ for the processed category specifically Processing — 22 (threshold), 36 §36.5, 20 Protein — 8, 23, 25, 37, App A, App B Pulses — 11, 32, 36, 37, App C · ⚠️ the book's best-value single food QUID — 30 §30.3b RDA, and what it means — App A, 13 RED-S — 34 §34.6, 23, App G Red meat — 9, 26, 36, 37 CS1 Refeeding syndrome — 29 §29.7, 34 §34.5, App G · ⚠️ one of two places general advice could kill Reformulation — 36 §36.5, 36 CS1, 18 · ⚠️ works for the nutrient, does not address Ch 22 Restraint theory — 33 §33.6 Restriction cycle — 33 §33.6, 34, 35 CS2 Retail and shelf position — 36 §36.5b · ⚠️ eye level is frequently a purchased asset

S

Salt / sodium — 15, 36, App A Satiation vs satiety — 33 §33.1 Seed oils — 19 §19.5, 37 §37.2b · ⚠️ mechanism tested, prediction failed Sensory-specific satiety — 33 §33.2 Sleep — 33 §33.11, 37 · ⚠️ best effort-to-effect ratio in the book Social eating — 33 §33.9b, 25, 34 CS2, 37 · ⚠️ "you are not the unit of intervention" Substitution rule — 9, App D, App J Sugar — 18 (threshold), 30, 36, 37 Sugar-sweetened beverages — 18, 36 §36.7, 37 · ⚠️ ✅, the clearest single target "Superfood" — 17 · ⚠️ a marketing category Supplements — 16, 13, 35, 37, App H Survivorship bias — 24 §24.7, 37 §37.2b

T–Z

Threshold concepts, the twelve — 38 §38.5b Trans fat — 19, 36 §36.7, 36 §36.13b · ⚠️ the clearest public health win in the book Triangulation — 37 §37.2 Ultra-processed food — see Group 4 Vitamin B12 — 13, 16, 26, App A, App H Vitamin D — 13, 14, App A, App H Wanting — see Liking vs wanting Water and hydration — 15, App A, App B §8 Weight management — 24, 5, 26, 37 §37.3

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