The Case Against Sugar

• Autore: Taubes Gary
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (327 pages)
• Disciplina: 613.2/8332
• Soggetto topico: Sugar-free diet; Sugar; Nutritionally induced diseases
• Classificazione: HEA017000SCI013000
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Other Titles -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Introduction: Why Diabetes? -- Chapter 1 - Drug or Food? -- Chapter 2 - The First Ten Thousand Years -- Chapter 3 - The Marriage of Tobacco and Sugar -- Chapter 4 - A Peculiar Evil -- Chapter 5 - The Early (Bad) Science -- Chapter 6 - The Gift That Keeps On Giving -- Chapter 7 - Big Sugar -- Chapter 8 - Defending Sugar -- Chapter 9 - What They Didn't Know -- Chapter 10 - The If/Then Problem: I -- Chapter 11 - The If/Then Problem: II -- Epilogue: How Little Is Still Too Much? -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- A Note About the Author.
• Sommario/riassunto: From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening exposé 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, Gary Taubes delves into Americans' history with sugar: its uses as a preservative, as an additive in cigarettes, the contemporary overuse of high-fructose corn syrup. He explains what research has shown about our addiction to sweets. He clarifies the arguments against sugar, corrects misconceptions about the relationship between sugar and weight loss; and provides the perspective necessary to make informed decisions about sugar as individuals and as a society.From the Hardcover edition.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Case Against Sugar
• ISBN: 0-451-49399-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154319403321
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