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The Sugar Fix: The High-Fructose Fallout That Is Making You Fat and Sick
WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT FRUCTOSE AND HFCS COULD KILL YOU
Cutting back on the fructose in your diet could save your life -- and shrink your waistline. Table sugar and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) -- the primary sources of fructose -- are staples of our food supply, and are even found in foods that aren't necessarily sweet, like breads, soups, ketchup, and salad dressin
...morePaperback, 416 pages
Published
April 28th 2009
by Pocket
(first published April 1st 2008)
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Hmm, this book makes me feel very torn. I thought the science was interesting and thus he had a lot of good points. He makes the case that fructose is a major factor in the obesity epidemic, but even more than excess weight, sugar causes toxic levels of uric acid in the blood which manifests in a variety of health issues-- heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer. Not only do we all need to eat drastically lower levels of fructose, we need to start out with a two-week fructose fast to bring down ...more
Meh. This book wasn't really what I thought it would be about. Half of it explained how sugar effects the body, which was interesting. A lot of it was over my head and I don't think I got a clear understanding of it really works. Purines and uric acid and all that jazz.
The other half of the book, which I wasn't thrilled about, was his diet plan. The food on that list looked like a really crappy diet. Breakfast of an english muffin and a slice of swiss cheese? There were also...more
The other half of the book, which I wasn't thrilled about, was his diet plan. The food on that list looked like a really crappy diet. Breakfast of an english muffin and a slice of swiss cheese? There were also...more
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I really liked the content of this book. He presented study after study and lots of info on the evils of sugar. I thought I was going to love the book, but the last part of the book he started pushing sugar substitutes. Artificial ones. I don't want artificial stuff in my life and my opinion of the book dropped. If you are looking for info on how sugar affects you body, this is a great book. Just be prepared that it may not have an answer for how to deal with it. His research is mainly ab...more
I'm not sure I'll read much more of this book. I understand the concept that we eat too much sugar but I don't believe eating cholorinated sugar is actually better for you. A lot of the recipes in the back have Splenda which I don't do. It sounds like he's trying to discover a new sugar subsitute or something. Moderation in all things would be better, not always easy but better.
I'm not much of a sugar lover anyway but I'm willing to give up some of my fruit to give the diet a try. I'm sure High Fructose Corn Syrup is bad so it sounds reasonable to me. The connection with uric acid is something I haven't heard before.
Wonderful information about how sugar afffects our bodies, and how the huge amounts now in the average American diet is killing us with high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, etc. Very motivational!
Well supported explanation of why we should reduce fructose intake, but there is too much unsuported supposition, opinions, etc. on other topics.
Meh. Same old - same old. Sugar Bad, Flavorless mush good.
Very interesting why sources of fructose make us fat.
Pretty interesting read. I had NO idea I was reading a diet book until about 1/2 way through. It was still full of some interesting info. HOWEVER, I became a little skeptical when he begins to discuss his "diet" in further detail and really starts to promote the use of artificial sweetners. WHAT! Then I questioned his motives.
meh.
stay away from high fructose corn syrup. I don't know what more I thought I would learn from the book. There's some recipes, but you can get that from a diabetes/low sugar cook book.
stay away from high fructose corn syrup. I don't know what more I thought I would learn from the book. There's some recipes, but you can get that from a diabetes/low sugar cook book.
Rubbish. Much better books out there. Can't even finish it.
to quote EM:
rubbish. can't even finish it
rubbish. can't even finish it
Nora
marked it as to-read
Angel52162001
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