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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 616.399 EAN: 9780446343121 ISBN: 0446343129 Label: Grand Central Publishing Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: March 17, 1986 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Studio: Grand Central Publishing Accessories: Editorial Review: Product Description: The classic, bestselling expose+a7 on the dangers of sugar reveals how this commonly ingested ingredient in countless foods is highly addictive and causes a host of medical problems from depression to coronary thrombosis. Reissue. PW. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - gift of a bookThis book was purchased as a gift. It arrived in good shape and on time. Rating:  - Love it except for factual errors - such as history of scurvyI loved this book, but have come to the unhappy conclusion that some of the "facts" are false. Page 109, history of scurvy as being related to sugar intake: "It was as if there had never been any explorers out there ahead of Queen Bess's men. How about the Vikings, the Phoenicians, and the sailors of the Far East?" ---Well, the Vikings barely left sight of land. When they traveled to what is now Canada long before Columbus, they went around the top of the Atlantic, so presumably ... Read More Rating:  - A book worth reading.If you want to know the ill effects of sugar. This book tells it like it is. Sugar Blues will give you every reason in the world to give up the "poison" called sugar. A book worth reading. Rating: - Good BookThis is a good book with a good message. Nowadays, it is becoming more and more clear why sugar is bad for you. It is because of the fructose part of sucrose (sucrose is half fructose and half glucose). Excessive fructose is extremely unhealthy for many reasons - it raises uric acid, taxes the liver, raises triglycerides, causes insulin resistance - raising insulin levels in the long run. And it does this very fast in studies. I eliminated sucrose and HCFS from my diet with the help of this ... Read More Rating: - Incredible info in a small package!You have to read a certain section of this sometimes boring narrative to get the awesome part - what giving up sugar CURED! I believe the author should have given the shocker first, then followed up with dry facts that the reader needs. I've given copies of this book to five people who I care about! |
