The Case Against Sugar

Recommended by Vinod Khosla, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #27 in Nutrition, Ranked #41 in Healthsee more rankings.

From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening expose that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick.

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 his signature command of both science and straight talk,...
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Vinod Khosla Co-Founder/Sun MicrosystemNot surprising but explicit description of the American psych on sugar and fat by the sugar industry. I would not have believed this much influence is possible. (Source)


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