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Hello and welcome to the Spectator's Food Podcast Table Talk.

I'm Laura Prendergast and I'm delighted to be joined today by Tim Specter.

Tim is a leading professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London and a renowned expert in the fields of nutrition, gut health and the microbiome.

He is the founder of the Zoe Project, which focuses on personalised nutrition and understanding

how individual responses to food affect health. And with over 30 years of research experience,

Tim has authored several best-selling books, including spoon-fed and

the diet myth, where he challenges conventional diet wisdom and highlights the importance of

diversity in our diets. His new book, the Food for Life cookbook, is his most extensive yet,

taking an in-depth look at all the scientific evidence on what we eat,

how we eat it and how we can use this knowledge to improve our own personal nutrition.

Tim, welcome to Table Talk.

It's a pleasure to be here.

We always start this podcast at the beginning.

What are your earliest memories of food?

Earliest memories of food would probably be school dinners, I think.

Going to school and being to the school canteen.

When I was young, I lived in Australia.

And they had little tuck shops in the infant school.

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