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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology · King's College London · ZOE
Tim Spector
New protocols and grade changes land in My Protocols.
Professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London and co-founder of the nutrition science company ZOE. Best-selling author of The Diet Myth, Spoon-Fed and Food for Life. His message: feed your gut microbiome with plant diversity and fermented foods, and treat food quality, not calories, as what matters.
Nutrition
Eat for Your Gut Microbiome
Tim Spector's food-first gut protocol, built on the science behind ZOE, centers on diversity: eat 30 different plant…
Metabolic
Personalized Nutrition & Blood Sugar
Tim Spector's big finding: people have wildly different blood-sugar and fat responses to the same meal, so 'one size…
Nutrition
Cut Ultra-Processed Food
Tim Spector's practical approach to cutting ultra-processed food: learn to spot it, ignore the 'health halo' labels,…
Beyond the protocols
Free tools Tim emphasizes
Book · Food for LifeBook · Spoon-FedBook · The Diet MythBook · The Food for Life CookbookBrand · ZOE (co-founder)Podcast · ZOE Science & Nutrition podcastEat 30 different plants a weekFermented foods (kefir, kimchi, sauerkraut)Minimise ultra-processed foods