"Robert Lustig's 90-minute YouTube video "Sugar: The Bitter Truth", has been viewed more than two million times. Now, in this much anticipated book, he documents the science and the politics that has led to the pandemic of chronic disease over the last 30 years. In the late 1970s when the government mandated we get the fat out of our food, the food industry responded by pouring more sugar in. The result has been a perfect storm, disastrously altering...

"How did a simple commodity, once the prized monopoly of kings and princes, become an essential ingredient in the lives of millions, before mutating yet again into the cause of a global health epidemic? Prior to 1600, sugar was a costly luxury, the domain of the rich. But with the rise of the sugar colonies in the New World over the following century, sugar became cheap, ubiquitous and an everyday necessity. Less than fifty years ago, few people suggested...

"Jessie Inchauspé offers a framework for healing through science-backed nutrition hacks with this four-week program incorporating the principles of how to avoid glucose spikes into your everyday life"-- Glucose, or blood sugar, enters our bloodstream through the starchy or sweet foods we eat. Inchauspé delivers a four-week guide for integrating simple, proven strategies to steady your blood sugar into everyday life. Begin your meals with veggie...

"A guide to replacing bad sugars in your diet with good sugars for physical, emotional, and mental healing and more energy"--Provided by publisher"--