Sugar Crush Quotes

“Metabolically speaking, if sugar has an evil twin, then "drinking alcohol" can become the demon spawn. This is because sugar converted to booze converts to ethanol plus carbon dioxide, and if you imbibe--do not pass Go. Do not collect two hundred dollars. Go straight to the liver.”
― Richard P. Jacoby, Sugar Crush: How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health

“The average American now eats about 160 pounds of sugar every year, or slightly more than 7 ounces a day.”
― Richard P. Jacoby, Sugar Crush: How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health

“Fat doesn’t make you fat; carbohydrates make you fat.”
― Richard Jacoby, Sugar Crush: How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health

“If your fruit smoothie seems too tart, add a bit of salt and taste it again—it will be sweeter. •​Brush your teeth. I have a patient who found this really helped. I’ve told other patients about it and they swear it works. •​Try taking supplements of the amino acid L-glutamine (this isn’t the same thing at all as MSG). Glutamine is an essential part of the complex process that tells your body your blood sugar has dropped”
― Richard P. Jacoby, Sugar Crush: How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health

“It’s human nature to be rigid in your long-held beliefs; it’s scientific to challenge them.”
― Richard P. Jacoby, Sugar Crush: How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health

“Robert Lustig, pediatric endocrinologist and professor of clinical pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, simply calls sugar poison.”
― Richard P. Jacoby, Sugar Crush: How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health

“The link between sucrose and obesity, with its compounding symptoms of high blood pressure, high blood glucose, high cholesterol, as well as ancillary conditions such as migraine headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, gallbladder disease, irritable bowel syndrome, reflux disease, and other chronic health issues, is irrefutable.”
― Richard P. Jacoby, Sugar Crush: How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health

“What causes cardiovascular disease is the sugar and high-fructose corn syrup in your diet. As”
― Richard Jacoby, Sugar Crush: How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health