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The case against sugar / Gary Taubes

By: Taubes, Gary [author]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First editionDescription: 365 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780307701640; 0307701646Subject(s): Sugar-free diet -- Case studies | Sugar -- Physiological effect -- Popular works | Nutritionally induced diseases -- Popular works | HEALTH & FITNESS / Nutrition | SCIENCE / Chemistry / General | Nutritionally induced diseases | Sugar-free diet | Sugar -- Physiological effect | Sugar-free diet -- Case studies | SCIENCE / Chemistry / General | HEALTH & FITNESS / NutritionGenre/Form: Case studies. | Popular works.
Contents:
Introduction: Why diabetes? -- Drug or food? -- The first ten thousand years -- The marriage of tobacco and sugar -- A peculiar evil -- The early (bad) science -- The gift that keeps on giving -- Big sugar -- Defending sugar -- What they didn't know -- The if/then problem: I -- The if/then problem: II -- Epilogue: How little is still too much?
Summary: 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 a combination of 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
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: Why diabetes? -- Drug or food? -- The first ten thousand years -- The marriage of tobacco and sugar -- A peculiar evil -- The early (bad) science -- The gift that keeps on giving -- Big sugar -- Defending sugar -- What they didn't know -- The if/then problem: I -- The if/then problem: II -- Epilogue: How little is still too much?

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 a combination of 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

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