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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. Sugar both drives fat storage and makes the brain think it is hungry, setting up a vicious cycle, according to lustig. Meanwhile, the sugar you swallowed lands in your stomach, where its diluted by digestive juices and shuttled into. The truth about mobile phone and wireless radiation dr devra davis. 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. 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. Im only 4 days into the no sugar bit but so far no serious cravings and the benefits, if true, are astounding. This book is a quick read, funny in places, and written by a father of. In 2009 a lecture on the health effects of sugar by robert lustig, an american pediatric endocrinologist, went viral. Food manufacturers exploit our sugar addiction by lacing it through nonsweet products like bread, sauces and cereals. During that first year as i was meandering through the world of motherhood, my body was under so much stress. Film critic michael snyder talks about fed up the new documentary exposing the dirty secret about processed foods. But you probably dont know that youre getting a lot of sugar from bologna, catsup, chicken noodle soup, mayonnaise, biscuit mix. Refined sugar the sweetest poison of all by william dufty.

And then the amount of fructose or sucrose being fed in these studies, to the rodents or. Sugar isnt poison, but it definitely isnt good for you. 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. Yet sugar is eight times more addictive than cocaine, and americans are consuming 152 pounds of sugar a year double what the spanish eat. Sweet poison exposes one of the great health scourges of. He knew he needed to lose weight fast, but he had run out of diets all had failed. The toxic truth too much fructose can damage your liver, just like too much alcohol. 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. I have given up sugar for over a year now i found it was triggering my. 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. 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. By the mid 19th century, europeans and americans had come to regard refined sugar as a.

The most common forms of sugar we all encounter in our diets are fructose, sucrose, glucose, and lactose. 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. Sugar consumption in england increased by 1,500 percent between the 18th and 19th centuries. Katie couric issues 10day challenge abc news dan harris took courics challenge and went 10 days with no sugar. Learn how to break your addiction with sugar for life. 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. 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. 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. 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. Extracted from nexus magazine, volume 7, number 1 december 1999 january 2000. 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. 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.

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. Sugar is a poison, says ucsf obesity expert uc san francisco. The sugar film is brilliant and david gillespie this author is one of those interviewed in the film. In it, lustig argues forcefully that fructose, a form of sugar ubiquitous in modern diets, is a poison culpable for.

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. So effective is the purification process which sugar cane and beets undergo in the refineries that sugar ends up as. David gillespie was 40kg overweight, lethargic, sleepdeprived, and the father of four, with twins on the way. Sugar is a poison, says robert lustig, md, ucsf obesity expert and pediatric endocrinologist. Sweet poison a must read in october of 2001, my sister started getting very sick. Both books demonstrate what a clear and present danger sugar is.

The point is theyre each bad equally bad, equally poisonous. Why refined sugar is poison for your body charging life. Butter is bad a myth weve been fed by the healthy eating industry. Most of it hidden in processed foods and sweetened drinks. Instead, its the sugar in the doughnuts and sodas or even in the maple syrup that we drizzle onto. If you need further convincing that sugar is poison, read this book. Pure white and deadly was originally published in the early 70s. Extractededited from his book sugar blues first published by chilton book co. David feldman talks about how sugar in all forms turns to fat, and then. With an upclose account of damons sugar experiment, and sugarfree recipes to. We might be surprised to know that unknowingly we are consuming 5 white poisons in our daily meal. 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.

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. I picked up a copy of sweet poison to renew my fervor for making healthier eating choices. If you want to stop sugar binges, start by reading my book, overcoming sugar addiction. Sugar the white poison according to experts in the u. Sugar is poison for your mind and body agileleanlife. 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. Free delivery on book orders dispatched by amazon over. Two major books have taken up the theme developed by yudkin. The documentary titled the secrets of sugar examines this addiction and its perilous impact on the wellbeing of our global society. Often the next morning he will wake up hungover, with purple circles under his swollen eyes. The book did well, but yudkin paid a high price for it. And not only is sugar toxic, it is also addictive, according to the. In the us, added sugars account for up to 17% of the total calorie intake of adults. 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.

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. As the author says, giving up sugar neednt be the sacrifice you think. Pure, white and deadly is a 1972 book by john yudkin, a british nutritionist and former chair of. Fat was the food villain these past few decades but sugar is quickly muscling in to take its place. It is estimated that more than 50% of people in the u. Since these products often contain added sugar, it makes up a large proportion of their daily calorie intake. 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.

Because each of these sugars ends up as glucose and fructose in our guts, our bodies. From the anxiety of dealing with a newborn, to the sleepless nights that lasted 19 months. Sugar can act like poison in high dosesand the amount in our diets has gone beyond. There are so many vested interests peddling sugar, yet the research and this book is clear. The sugar conspiracy ian leslie society the guardian. A book called sweet poison includes the claim that a type of sugar called fructose is a poison that is slowly killing us. Sweet poison, why sugar makes us fat by david gillespie. Refined sugar may even be damaging to the digestive system, particularly for those who have difficulty digesting carbohydrates. Pure, white, and deadly and millions of other books are available for instant. 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.

By march 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies. This was the question posed by cbs news program 60 minutes last sunday. Humans have retained the ability to synthesize all forms of carbohydrates the body needs from simple sugars. 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. It can mean any number of compounds, each with somewhat unique properties and biochemical consequences. Sugar shows up naturally in lots of foods, but those arent the types of sugars in the spotlight. This book will change the way you think about healthy food by. 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. You know about the sugar in your coffee, and you know its in snacks like marshmallows, chocolate bars, gum and soda pop. There is growing scientific consensus that one of the most common types of sugar, fructose, can be toxic to the liver, just like alcohol.