Tim Spector at The Forum

Tim Spector OBE, is at the forefront of a food revolution and the author of bestselling books, including The Diet Myth, Spoon-Fed, Food for Life, Identically Different and his latest, Food for Life: Your Guide to the New Science of Eating Well. Hear first-hand from the original pioneer of microbiome research and one of the top 100 most cited scientists in the world.

This medical scientist has been at the forefront of discussions about health and diet, including the benefits of eating 30 different kinds of plant in our weekly food and drink intake, of the importance of a healthy gut and how diet can have a bigger impact on our health than our genes. Recently Professor Spector has been announced as one of the team investigating why there is a marked increase in cases of bowel cancer in people under 50 in the UK population.