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Unveils sugar's role in global obesity crisis.
If you're constantly battling with your weight and feeling health-conscious, 'Sweet Poison' might just be the eye-opener you need. David Gillespie not only shares his personal victory over obesity but also arms you with scientific insights to tackle your own sugar demons. It's a direct, no-sugar-coating guide that could catalyze your journey to better health.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780670072477
Authors:
David Gillespie
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 2008-09-01
Goodreads rating: 4.01
(rated by 1656 readers)
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David Gillespie was 40kg overweight, lethargic, sleep-deprived, and the father of four, with twins on the way. He knew he needed to lose weight fast, but he had run out of diets - all had failed. After doing some reading on evolution (why weren't our forebears fat?), David cut sugar - specifically fructose - from his diet. He immediately started to lose weight, and kept it off. Slim, trim and fired up, David set out to look at the connection between sugar, our soaring obesity rates and some of the more worrying diseases of the twenty-first century, and discovered some startling facts in the process.
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Unveils sugar's role in global obesity crisis.
If you're constantly battling with your weight and feeling health-conscious, 'Sweet Poison' might just be the eye-opener you need. David Gillespie not only shares his personal victory over obesity but also arms you with scientific insights to tackle your own sugar demons. It's a direct, no-sugar-coating guide that could catalyze your journey to better health.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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