The Case Against Sugar
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Book Overview
From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening expos that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick. Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever; obesity is at epidemic proportions; nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. And sugar is at the root of these, and other, critical society-wide, health-related problems. With his signature command of both science and straight talk, Gary Taubes delves into Americans' history with sugar: its uses as a preservative, as an additive in cigarettes, the contemporary overuse of high-fructose corn syrup. He explains what research has shown about our addiction to sweets. He clarifies the arguments against sugar, corrects misconceptions about the relationship between sugar and weight loss; and provides the perspective necessary to make informed decisions about sugar as individuals and as a society.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0307701646
ISBN13:9780307701640
Release Date:December 2016
Publisher:Knopf Publishing Group
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.31 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.0" x 8.4"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Not a guide for health, but a history on sugar in the nutrition industry.
Published by IH , 3 years ago
I was hoping to read this to learn why sugar is so bad for me and what steps I should take to improve my diet. Unfortunately this book is nearly 300 pages on the fight between researchers arguing their case for sugar. It's an impressive amount of detail and research on the history but fails to provide any real advice/evidence for those of us looking to improve our lives.
Sugary become surgery!
Published by walter Ko , 5 years ago
This is a powerful book against sugar. He asks the question that sugar is drug or food. In the following chapters, he explains in great detail history of sugar and how it impacts the body and organs, especially diabetes. He also exposed how sugar industry protects and manipulates reports in bad science. Sugar is the root cause of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. This book opens consumers eye to understand the sugar loaded processed food heavily pushed to get hook on. Consumers will pay a high price later in life in terms of health, diseases and medicine dependent.
This book is to educate consumers that knowledge is power.
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