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Thousands of miles away, nodding in agreement, is david gillespie, a brisbanebased lawyer turned researcher whose sweet poison books chart his own decision to stop eating sugar, resulting in him. Sugar is a poison, says robert lustig, md, ucsf obesity expert and pediatric endocrinologist. There are so many vested interests peddling sugar, yet the research and this book is clear. And not only is sugar toxic, it is also addictive, according to the.

If you want to stop sugar binges, start by reading my book, overcoming sugar addiction. My heart attack has finally opened my eyes to the truth giles fraser globally, diabetes has almost quadrupled in 35 years and yet the multibilliondollar sugar industry is happy to keep us in the. Acclaimed for its combination of personal story and stepbystep encouragement for how you can make the shift, this book is a great place to start. The documentary titled the secrets of sugar examines this addiction and its perilous impact on the wellbeing of our global society. Sugar is poison for your mind and body agileleanlife. In sweet poison david gillespie exposes one of the great health menaces of our time and offers a wealth of practical information on how to quit sugar. His views are dismissed by some as the work of an amateur, but this did not stop his first book, sweet poison from becoming a bestseller and he has just released his second work, the sweet poison quit plan. This is a critical point, particularly because highfructose corn syrup. Lustigs is more up todate in that he incorporates new knowledge about our hormonal systems but both men come to a similar conclusion we should avoid i read this as a companion piece to robert lustigs fat chance. Pure, white, and deadly and millions of other books are available for instant.

Butter is bad a myth weve been fed by the healthy eating industry. In it, lustig argues forcefully that fructose, a form of sugar ubiquitous in modern diets, is a poison culpable for. Sugar consumption in england increased by 1,500 percent between the 18th and 19th centuries. From the anxiety of dealing with a newborn, to the sleepless nights that lasted 19 months. With an upclose account of damons sugar experiment, and sugarfree recipes to.

Sugar isnt poison, but it definitely isnt good for you. Because each of these sugars ends up as glucose and fructose in our guts, our bodies. Meanwhile, the sugar you swallowed lands in your stomach, where its diluted by digestive juices and shuttled into. You know about the sugar in your coffee, and you know its in snacks like marshmallows, chocolate bars, gum and soda pop. This book is a quick read, funny in places, and written by a father of. The most common forms of sugar we all encounter in our diets are fructose, sucrose, glucose, and lactose. A telegraph top 10 diet book, pure white and deadly by john yudkin is a. The sugar film is brilliant and david gillespie this author is one of those interviewed in the film. Sugar shows up naturally in lots of foods, but those arent the types of sugars in the spotlight. Refined sugar the sweetest poison of all a multitude of common physical and mental ailments are strongly linked to the consuming of pure, refined sugar. Why refined sugar is poison for your body despite having been labeled as empty calories, sugars are truly important compounds from the perspective of the human body. Im only 4 days into the no sugar bit but so far no serious cravings and the benefits, if true, are astounding.

Sugar is a poison, says ucsf obesity expert uc san francisco. Most of it hidden in processed foods and sweetened drinks. David gillespie was 40kg overweight, lethargic, sleepdeprived, and the father of four, with twins on the way. Extracted from nexus magazine, volume 7, number 1 december 1999 january 2000. Since these products often contain added sugar, it makes up a large proportion of their daily calorie intake. But you probably dont know that youre getting a lot of sugar from bologna, catsup, chicken noodle soup, mayonnaise, biscuit mix. Food manufacturers exploit our sugar addiction by lacing it through nonsweet products like bread, sauces and cereals. Fat was the food villain these past few decades but sugar is quickly muscling in to take its place. Refined sugar may even be damaging to the digestive system, particularly for those who have difficulty digesting carbohydrates. Sweet poison exposes one of the great health scourges of. By the mid 19th century, europeans and americans had come to regard refined sugar as a.

Sugar can act like poison in high dosesand the amount in our diets has gone beyond. Katie couric issues 10day challenge abc news dan harris took courics challenge and went 10 days with no sugar. Sugar both drives fat storage and makes the brain think it is hungry, setting up a vicious cycle, according to lustig. He knew he needed to lose weight fast, but he had run out of diets all had failed. The two big sugar films one relating to the slave trade and sugar plantations and the other the modern commercial interests in marketing sugar also illustrate the problems. And then the amount of fructose or sucrose being fed in these studies, to the rodents or. One sugar in particular glucose lies at the core of virtually all of the metabolic reactions going on in your body because it is the primary molecule from which your body knows how to get. Cavities, diabetes, obesity, cancer, heart diseases, nonalcoholic liver diseases, bad skin, low energy levels adrenaline fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, addiction, the list goes on and on. Sweet poison, why sugar makes us fat by david gillespie. Learn how to break your addiction with sugar for life. I picked up a copy of sweet poison to renew my fervor for making healthier eating choices. It is estimated that more than 50% of people in the u. We also dig into alternatives to eating sugar, publish an everexpanding range of sugar free recipes and get to the bottom of the current research on sugar and sugar alternatives. The toxic truth too much fructose can damage your liver, just like too much alcohol.

Film critic michael snyder talks about fed up the new documentary exposing the dirty secret about processed foods. The point is theyre each bad equally bad, equally poisonous. Pure, white and deadly is a 1972 book by john yudkin, a british nutritionist and former chair of. So lets start by clarifying a few issues, beginning with lustigs use of the word sugar to mean both sucrose beet and cane sugar, whether white or brown and highfructose corn syrup. Often the next morning he will wake up hungover, with purple circles under his swollen eyes. Synopsis david, a smart corporate lawyer equipped with an enquiring mind, begins to query why it is we are so much heavier than previous generations, and discovers a culprit. Sweet poison a must read in october of 2001, my sister started getting very sick.

I have given up sugar for over a year now i found it was triggering my. Sugar the white poison according to experts in the u. So effective is the purification process which sugar cane and beets undergo in the refineries that sugar ends up as. My favorite sugar is poison quote posted on january 1, 2011 by kat as everyone embarks on their get fit and eat healthy new years resolutions, im reminded of my favorite quote about the worst nonfood that people eat everyday. This answer is brought to you by many of the australian nutrition professionals who regularly contribute to the nutritionists network nutnet, a nutrition email discussion group. One sugar in particular glucose lies at the core of virtually all of the metabolic reactions going on in your body because it is the primary molecule from which your body knows how to g. Both books demonstrate what a clear and present danger sugar is. In 2009 a lecture on the health effects of sugar by robert lustig, an american pediatric endocrinologist, went viral. Sugar has many hidden sources around onefourth of the american diet is comprised of refined sugars, and when you take a look at the foods available at most supermarkets, this fact is hardly surprising. The book did well, but yudkin paid a high price for it.

Why refined sugar is poison for your body charging life. Yet sugar is eight times more addictive than cocaine, and americans are consuming 152 pounds of sugar a year double what the spanish eat. Dr martin classified refined sugar as a poison because it has been depleted of its life forces, vitamins and minerals. She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around. The sugar conspiracy ian leslie society the guardian. Its perfectly normal and healthy to eat a very limited amount of sugar per day, but 20 tablespoons or even more lead straight to several very brutal diseases. If you need further convincing that sugar is poison, read this book. As the author says, giving up sugar neednt be the sacrifice you think. This book will change the way you think about healthy food by.

Forget getting nutrients from these items, we end up troubling our health by consuming these food items which are not at all good for our health and increase risk of developing diseases like cancer, hypertension, bone health issues and diabetes. By march 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies. David feldman talks about how sugar in all forms turns to fat, and then. Instead, its the sugar in the doughnuts and sodas or even in the maple syrup that we drizzle onto. Two major books have taken up the theme developed by yudkin. In the us, added sugars account for up to 17% of the total calorie intake of adults. Extensive research has pinpointed sugar s culpability in a number of our most common and lifethreatening ailments, including high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease, cancer, diabetes and even alzheimers disease. This was the question posed by cbs news program 60 minutes last sunday. As rates of sugarrelated disorders such as diabetes, obesity and heart disease climb, many experts believe that when americans rid themselves of fat, they simply replaced it with sugar in all its forms. There is growing scientific consensus that one of the most common types of sugar, fructose, can be toxic to the liver, just like alcohol. During that first year as i was meandering through the world of motherhood, my body was under so much stress. A book called sweet poison includes the claim that a type of sugar called fructose is a poison that is slowly killing us. Pure white and deadly was originally published in the early 70s. Extractededited from his book sugar blues first published by chilton book co.

Humans have retained the ability to synthesize all forms of carbohydrates the body needs from simple sugars. The truth about mobile phone and wireless radiation dr devra davis. Refined sugar the sweetest poison of all by william dufty. His third book on the topic of diet and health, the case against sugar, is a prosecutors brief, much like yudkins own, but fleshed out with four decades worth of extra science and a. It can mean any number of compounds, each with somewhat unique properties and biochemical consequences. Gillespie has now released a follow up book the sweet poison quit plan that gives practical tips for avoiding the sugar secreted in to foods. Gather your information, arm yourself with this information and get sugar out of your diet, for good and for life yours and your loved ones. We might be surprised to know that unknowingly we are consuming 5 white poisons in our daily meal. Free delivery on book orders dispatched by amazon over.