Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life

by Gretchen Rubin

Two hundred years ago, Americans ate less than a fifth of the sugar that we eat today. So a “moderate” amount of sugar by today’s standards could be considered excessive by historical standards. Monitoring requires us to make an actual reckoning, which defeats the comfortable fuzziness of “moderation.”