Book description
Sugar. It's killing us.
Why do we eat so much of it?
What are its hidden dangers?
In 1972, when British scientist John Yudkin first proved that sugar
was bad for our health, he was ignored by the majority of the medical
profession and rubbished by the food industry.
We should have heeded his warning.
Today, 1 in 4 adults in the UK are overweight.
There is an epidemic of obese six month olds around the globe.
Sugar consumption has tripled since World War II.
Using everyday language and a range of scientific evidence,
Professor Yudkin explores the ins and out of sugar, from the different
types - is brown sugar really better than white? - to how it is
hidden inside our everyday foods, and how it is damaging our health.
Brought up-to-date by childhood obesity expert Dr Robert Lustig M.
D., his classic expos on the hidden dangers of sugar is essential
reading for anyone interested in their health, the health of their
children and the health of modern society.
'[A] valiant . . . attempt to warn us against our lust for sucrose'
Geoff Watts, British Medical Journal
' A medical classic' Jack Winkler, Nutrition Policy Unit, London
Metropolitan University
'Arguably the leading nutritionist of his time' Guardian
'Yudkin was far ahead of his time with his idea of nutrition as a
subject of great breadth: not just the study of the composition of
foods, but the importance of enjoying a variety of fresh foods, and
the recognition of the psychological and social factors that cause us
to choose certain foods and avoid others' Independent
'Worldwide, around 180million tonnes of refined sugar is produced
each year and the UK market alone is worth nearly 1billion. Little
wonder that no one listened to eminent nutritionist Professor John
Yudkin when he called sugar 'pure, white and deadly' back in 1972 and
quite rightly warned of the links between excessive consumption and
heart disease' Catherine Collins, Principal Dietician, St George's Hospital
John Yudkin (8 August 1910 - 12 July 1995) was a British
physiologist and nutritionist, whose books include This Slimming
Business, Eat Well, Slim Well and This Nutrition
Business. He became internationally famous with his book Pure,
White and Deadly, first published in 1972, and was one of the
first scientists to claim that sugar was a major cause of obesity and
heart disease.
Robert H. Lustig, M. D. has spent the past sixteen years treating
childhood obesity and studying the effects of sugar on the central
nervous system and metabolism. He is the Director of the UCSF Weight
Assessment for Teen and Child Health Program and also a member of the
Obesity Task Force of the Endocrine Society. His YouTube video lecture
Sugar: The Bitter Truth has received over two million hits,
he recently appeared on the BBC 2 documentary The Men Who Made Us
Fat and his book Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar,
Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease is being published in
Autumn 2012.
John Yudkin (8 August 1910 - 12 July 1995) was a British
physiologist and nutritionist, whose books include This Slimming
Business, Eat Well, Slim Well and This Nutrition
Business. He became internationally famous with his book Pure,
White and Deadly, first published in 1972, and was one of the
first scientists to claim that sugar was a major cause of obesity and
heart disease.
Robert H. Lustig, M. D has spent the past sixteen years treating
childhood obesity and studying the effects of sugar on the central
nervous system and metabolism. He is the Director of the UCSF Weight
Assessment for Teen and Child Health Program and also a member of the
Obesity Task Force of the Endocrine Society. His YouTube video lecture
"Sugar: The Bitter Truth" has received over two million hits
and his book Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed
Food, Obesity, and Disease is being published in Autumn 2012.
