About the book
Gary Taubes makes the case that sugar resembles tobacco: protected by strong lobbies, entrenched in daily life and a cause of serious illness. He points to diabetes among Americans at its highest level ever, obesity at epidemic levels and close to 10 percent of children believed to suffer from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and he places sugar at the root of these problems. Taubes, author of Why We Get Fat, traces American history with sugar, including its use as a preservative and as a cigarette additive and today's overuse of high-fructose corn syrup. He reviews research on sugar addiction, corrects misconceptions about sugar and weight loss, sets out the case against it, and informs individual and societal choices.
Vinod Khosla put it on his 2017 book recommendations, saying it describes explicitly how far the sugar industry shaped American attitudes to sugar and fat, a degree of influence he would not have believed possible.
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Vinod Khosla (Co-Founder/Sun Microsystem)
Not surprising but explicit description of the American psych on sugar and fat by the sugar industry. I would not have believed this much influence is possible.
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