An easy to read account of how damaging sugar is to our bodies. Fructose is not counted by our body, so we can eat an enormous amount and still feel hungry. It also can't be used like carbs (glucose) in our muscles and goes straight to fat storage. I didn't pay too much attention to his dangers o...
Well written, but not for skimming lightly! Still, a good read that explains why sugar should be avoided. A lot of leg work explaining the whys and wherefores: the damage takes places at cellular level and if you are going to understand what's going on at that level, you need to understand a lot ...
Borrowed this off a friend and it is very interesting. The argument is that we are getting fatter due to the amount of sucrose and fructose added to pretty much every processed food we eat. Note: glucose is not an issue nor is fructose in its natural state (ie fruit and vegetables) just the fruct...
I bought this book, read it in a day, then decided I couldn't possibly cut sugar out of my diet and put it on my bookshelf. However, all the newspaper headlines about the adverse effects of sugar kept it in my awareness. Then I just decided that I didn't want to count calories or measure every ou...