The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes (PDF)

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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.

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⭐After I found myself slipping into metabolic syndrome without obesity a year ago, I decided it was past time to get more information. I read a lot of great books about the risks of carbohydrate over consumption.This is the best of them all, and there are several really good ones.The beginning deals with a review of the corrupting influence of the sugar/carbohydrate food industry on medical and governmental recommendations.The later part is more about the link between our heavy sugar consumption and the evidence that ties it to a host of terrible, chronic diseases.Mr. Taubes’ research is obviously extensive and he presents it with very little apparent bias.His style of writing is wonderful, sometimes long sentences but they flow like good poetry.I practiced emergency medicine for 28 years and am ashamed to admit that I pushed the fat causes heart attack theory the whole time. If only I would have read this book before I started my career.I’ve been on a very low carbohydrate diet now for 10 months and even if I don’t live a day longer it’s fine since I feel so great.Thank you Gary Taubes.

⭐One of the great books that Gary Taubes,brings to life how sugar may be one step we should be concerned about concerning our health .Excellent book to read!

⭐Two books taken together offer adequate evidence that sugar addiction stands out above all other factors among multiple causes of chronic diseases that became epidemic in recent times. Robert Lustig — THE HACKING OF THE AMERICAN MIND Gary Taubes — THE CASE AGAINST SUGARGary Taubes, as a journalist, demonstrates the best of objective science. Often a journalist makes the facts clearer than a scientist ever does. In his previous books, one stands out for public health relevance. That is WHY WE GET FAT.Taubes makes a case for sugar as the main factor that, far above all else, is the reason we have epidemics of gout, high blood pressure, elevated blood glucose, insulin resistance, diabetes, arterial disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and more. All of these are hormonally related to metabolic syndrome, the topic that put Lustig in the forefront of nutritional science. Taubes gives a historical background of opposing views fairly, with little condemnation, though much activity of sugar industry representatives could have been judged criminal.Opposing views: “Chronic diseases are caused by overeating and under-activity. (more calories in than out.)” “Eat less and exercise more” has a history of failure, but heavily promoted by the industry with massive publicity efforts over many years. Some observers were not fooled, but they were few, and did not have the media presence of Frederick Stare and Ansel Keys.My crude accusation: The industry-government-medical-media complex that tried to make sugar into a health food and denied its role in disease may have caused over 100,000,000 to die short of their normal life span, living their last years in misery. The death count and misery is rapidly growing even now.Taubes quotes a reason for this opposition, other than self (selfish) interest: “As soon as we think we are right about something,” as New Yorker writer Kathryn Schulz noted in the 2010 book BEING WRONG, we narrow our focus, attending only to details that support our belief, or ceasing to listen altogether.”Fortunately, Gary Taubes understands this.This is my understanding of THE HACKING OF THE AMERICAN MIND by Robert Lustig: Sugar has the same neurohormonal paths in the brain as opiods. Sugar is addictive with brief hits of pleasure, but not satisfying, with long-range health consequences. We want more because a little is not satisfying. We crave more to the point of leaving other nutrients lacking, and food without sugar becomes tasteless. The book is not about sugar, though that may be Lustig’s most vital point. It is about addictions, hormones of pleasure and hormones of happiness that do not lead to contentment. Though I have studied nutrition and endocrinology for many years, that is not my main interest. I am interested in what Lustig says about sugar. I am author of an orthomolecular nutrition textbook, but my greater interest is in the health and welfare of many people I know who suffer from chronic diseases, or are heading that way.I have a problem with Lustig’s writing about drugs. He overstated the value of psychoactive prescription drugs and seemed unaware of the extent of harm. I have seen too many lives destroyed by these to let that pass. His suggested that cannabanoids and even limited use of LSD may be more effective. They could hardly be worse.I expect Taubes’s book to be the one that makes a difference in the world, with Lustig’s as vital scientific background, with both giving accounts of how the powers of this world hack the minds of all of us.My conclusion:1. Sugar excess is the major cause of modern chronic diseases.2. Sugar is addictive and not satisfying. Excess leads to disappointment, not happiness or contentment.3. Sugar substitutes have little evidence of benefit.4. We can benefit greatly in prevention and treatment by reducing sugar to near the level used by our ancestors or non-industrial populations. Skipping deserts is a useless token, not a solution. Fruit is good, not fruit juice. Sweet drinks of all kinds are out. Most processed foods have sugar added, and must be regarded as toxic.5. We need fat, even saturated fat, a spectrum of natural fats. Coconut oil, fish oil. bacon. Fats add flavor, satisfaction and satiety.6. We need phytonutrients and minerals which are scarce in modern food.7. Changing is hard. Changing is scary to anticipate, pleasant to remember.If these two books are too much for you, try a fun but scientific book by Denise Minger: DEATH BY FOOD PYRIMID.

⭐Simply an excellent book and even a fun read. If this doesn’t have you avoiding sugar like rat poison and feeling angry it’s been deliberately and systematically target marketed to your children, nothing will. A great public service – well done.

⭐Written in an easy, comfortable way that is isn’t too scientific but enough to get the point across. Includes a history with a before and after the introduction of sugar into our lives. Even goes into different countries that haven’t been introduced into the traditional western diet and how they’re doing once they started eating it.

⭐Buy it! We all need to know this information. We have been led a merry nutritional dance over the last 40/50 years, and it’s killing us in large numbers. Fat was NEVER the problem. Sugar is toxic to humans (and most animals). Another book on this subject is John Yudkin’s “Pure White and Deadly”. Read both as soon as you can. Also read “The Cholesterol Con” and if you know anyone with diabetes, then “Diabetes Unpacked” as well. Read up on this subject and ignore the main stream opinion created and ruled by big business who promote rubbish to eat because their profits are bigger.

⭐My wife and I are retiring on to our sailing boat in 2019 and plan to sail long distances across the oceans. Part of my preparations for both of us is our dietary considerations and I have been experimenting at home with a range of nutritional meal plans that we are likely to be faced with whilst at sea for extended periods. One of the food plans was to cut out sugar and within 24hrs we both started to suffer from sugar withdrawal symptoms which are similar but more powerful than nicotine withdrawal. There is no question in my mind that sugar is a powerful and highly addictive substance. I have concluded that our meal plans for our sailing adventures will not include any kind of sugar nor sugar supplements. Only natural sugars from whole foods will be our only sucrose and fructose intakes. Thank you Gary for providing such a fascinating read, which really confirms in mind what my body was telling me as we gave up sugar.

⭐Having already been aware of Taubes’s youtubes and Rogan interviews I was very much looking forward to this and was not disappointed. The case against sugar is compelling and IMHO conclusive – sugar and carb overconsumption underpins ALL the major Western Diseases – diabetes, gout, heart disease, alzheimers, hypertension, cancer – that is a very bold statement with massive implications for our society. The good news is that those implications are good if you read this and educate yourself and then adopt a Ketogenic way of eating. The “conspiracy” aspects of the story cannot also be overlooked and the damage wrought on the west by those to greedy or dogmatic to admit the truth is of untold proportions – don’t die of ignorance…

⭐Be warned about the deadly effects of consuming sugar in any amount over the decades. As the author points out it is NOT the calories in sugar that we have to worry about but the adverse METABOLIC effects induced in the body after some years of sugar consumption.

⭐Taubes has done it again. With an extremely detailed review of how the sugar industry has devastated our health world-wide, we don’t need any more persuasion about what we, individually, can do. We don’t need added sugar – not in anything. It is a poison. There were many facts about how this poison works that I didn’t know until I read this. I have since found others with sound scientific knowledge who have been saying the same things for quite a long time. We’ve been told lies so long we no longer see the truth for what it is. Taubes’ book sets the record straight and, if you choose to ignore what he points out – that’s your personal decision. I choose not to be poisoned any more.

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