Dressing on the Side (and Other Diet Myths Debunked)

11 Science-Based Ways to Eat More, Stress Less, and Feel Great about Your Body

By: Jaclyn London

Narrated by: Jaclyn London

From the Head of Nutrition and Wellness at WW and former Good Housekeeping Nutrition Director comes a scientifically-based, simple and straightforward guide to healthful habits for weight loss.
Whether it's a new fad, "detox" diet, news report or a celebrity-endorsed supplement, the constant flow of diet information is cluttered, conflicting, and often devoid of scientific research -- leaving millions of us confused, overwhelmed, and feeling totally helpless in taking ownership our health and making better food choices.

In Dressing on the Side, Jaclyn London -- head of Nutrition and Wellness at WW and former Nutrition Director of Good Housekeeping -- debunks the diet myths and mental blocks that keep you from reaching your health and weight-loss goals. Filled with accessible information, simple strategies, and practical application of scientific research, London breaks what's at the heart of the issue and offers tools, short-cuts, and solutions that work within any scenario, including:

• Using your schedule to inform your food choices
• Identifying "fake" nutrition news
• Eating to feel satisfied, not just "full"
• Making the choice to eat dessert -- daily

London empowers us to form life-long habits that result in real, long-lasting change -- while meeting the demands of our busier-than-ever lifestyles. Dressing on the Side is the anti-diet book that will completely transform the way you think (and speak!) about food and health -- and help you lose weight for good.

Critic reviews

"Better (not perfect) health depends on eliminating your self-shaming and cognitive distortions of your own abilities. [London] wants us to focus on achieving our personal best [with] simple to understand nutritional workarounds for all sorts of real-life situations."—New York Times Book Review

"Filled with accessible, well-researched information and easy-to-follow strategies on developing healthy eating habits, it is essentially an antithesis of a typical diet book."—Forbes, "BestFitness and Nutrition Books of 2019"

"Jackie London doesn't just have her finger on the pulse-she IS the pulse. She is a trailblazer who radiates the kind of savvy, fun, smart-girl approach to wellness that makes you hang on her every word-but even better, she has the insight and credentials to back it all up. The world needs a 'detox' from diets right now, and Jackie is the woman to deliver it!"
—Ellie Krieger, RD, award-winning author and host of Ellie's Real Good Food on Public Television

"Bracing and blunt, honest and insightful, holistic and humorous and oh-so-human, Dressing on the Side is the very antithesis of a traditional 'weight-loss diet.' Rather, it's a master plan for making yourself immune to just such nonsense. This is an exceptionally nourishing feast of empowering information; I encourage everyone who finds eating well a challenge to partake, and enjoy."—Dr. David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM; Founder and President, True Health Initiative, CEO at DQPN and Founding Director, Yale University Prevention Research Center Griffin Hospital

"The diet landscape is cluttered with so many-often conflicting-do's and don'ts. Dressing on the Side dishes out sound and realistic advice in a way that's easy to understand and simple to incorporate into any busy lifestyle. If you're one of the many people looking to eat more healthfully or slim down and want solid (delicious!) guidance, then this is the book for you."—Joy Bauer, MS, RDN, health and nutrition expert for NBC's Today show, bestselling author of Joy's Simple Food Remedies, and founder of Nourish Snacks

"Sound advice from a pragmatic hedonist! Jackie London brings a common sense approach to healthier eating that you can stick with. It's time to dump dieting and learn how to eat the right way. This book has my seal of approval."—Hank Cardello, Senior Fellow & Director, Food Policy Center at Hudson Institute and author of Stuffed: An Insider's Look at Who's (Really) Making America Fat

"In an energetic and easy-to-follow guide, London, nutrition director at Good Housekeeping magazine, cuts through the clutter of diets, myths, and trends to help her audience create a 'do less' strategy for weight loss and eating a healthier diet...Concluding that 'no one knows what's best for you better than you do,' London will leave dieters feeling inspired and reassured.—Publishers Weekly

Game changing

Jaclyn is a genius author, narrator, and dietician with endless helpful knowledge about how I can live a more nutritious life. Who knew healthy eating could be so much fun? I particularly enjoyed her voice (and I never say that about audio books, ever). You can tell she’s brilliant and clever and compelling. When’s the sequel?

Great book about making healthy informed decisions

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Jaclyn London cuts through the junk "science" and provides easy to understand advice. She has the credentials to back it up. This book isn't about completely changing your lifestyle. Instead, it provides practical tips so that you can make more gradual changes to improve your health. This book empowers you to make informed choices that are right for you. The narration is great. Overall, this was a very entertaining and informative listen.

I Needed to Hear what This Book Delivered

I bought the selection and it sat in my listening library, unheard. I began listening and just finished it. I appreciated her information, her message, and her delivery so much that I ordered the print version. This book worked for me and I highly recommend it.

Approachable, rational, helpful, and funny!

Dressing On The Side is without a doubt the best food-related book I have ever read. The author possesses something incredibly important, a feature that nearly every other writer in this space lacks: CREDENTIALS. This important book signals a shift from the pseudo-science and wishy-washy self-help characteristics of past "health and diet" books to something real, approachable, and based in facts. Jaclyn London does an incredible job entertaining us while making eating better both realistic and fun. I bought the book AND listened to the audiobook so it would really sink in...then I bought it for my parents and friends.

Informative and funny!

Loved how approachable and insightful this book is - all with sharp wit and digestible information to help live a healthier, well balanced life.