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Almost all living organisms, from wild peacocks to sticky slugs, know how to balance their diets on an instinctive level. Modern humans are an exception. When and why did we lose this ability and how can we regain it?

David Robenheimer and Steven J. Simpson answer these questions in their groundbreaking study. Their colourful scientific journey takes readers across the globe, from the foothills of Cape Town to the deserts of Arizona and a state-of-the-art research centre in Sydney. Along the way, readers will meet locusts, mice, and even gorillas as scientists test their hypotheses on various representatives of the animal kingdom.

The culmination of this grand scientific adventure is a new theory of nutrition that has serious implications for the current epidemic of metabolic and obesity-related diseases. Robenheimer and Simpson conclude by offering useful advice to help you understand the unwanted side effects of fad diets, control the healthy food environment around you, and understand that tasty and healthy are integral components of good nutrition.