Lick the Sugar Habit: Sugar Addiction Upsets Your Whole Body Chemistry

by Nancy Appleton

Book Overview

Are you a sugarholic? As Americans, we consume on average 150 pounds of sugar a year, and that's as bad for you as it sounds. Sugar upsets body chemistry and devastates the endocrine and immune systems, leading to a host of diseases and conditions including hypoglycemia, diabetes, osteoporosis, arthritis, cancer, heart disease, headaches, allergies, asthma, obesity, periodontal disease, tooth decay, and more. A sugarholic since childhood, Dr. Nancy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089529768X
• ISBN13: 9780895297686
• Release Date: February 1988
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

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A WONDERFUL BOOK BY A GREAT WRITER! NANCY HAS PROVEN TIME AND AGAIN THAT SHE KNOWS HER SUBJECTS. I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR ME. NOW, DO YOURSELF, AND ME, A FAVOR,BUY "Running Out Of Road", IT WILL SCARE THE SWEETS OUT OF YOU! Love ya, Robert Appleton, Jr.

Lick the Sugar Habit

This is an excellent easy to read handbook about health and nutrition and the "foods" to avoid putting in your mouth. The only thing I would change about it is it's title. I have purchased MANY copies of this book and when I give it to family and friends, they all have the same reaction -- "sure I like sugar but it's not a habit -- I don't really eat that much". The title is a turnoff to most people for a few reasons -- 1. they are in denial 2. they don't realize how much sugar is in all of the packaged, canned and bottled "stuff" they consume and 3. people do not like to think that they have bad habits". It ought to be published under a title something like: "Have More Energy and Save Lots of Money in Doctor's Bills" or "Eliminate That Excess Fat You Are Carrying Around".

This book is outstanding!!!

I recommend this book especially to anyone who has a degenerative disease, such as arthritis, osteoporsis, cancer, etc. If you want to avoid these diseases, you should read this book! I have fibromyalgia. After eliminating sugar, I feel much better. I no longer need to take drugs for energy (such as steroids) and pain relief. This book gives you a list of things you can eat (it's a long list) as well as what you should avoid. It has changed the way I shop for food.

sugar and its terrible effects on the body

I read this book about 1 year ago, and since then I have made major changes in my diet, following many of the suggestions in the book. It is amazing what a difference sugar makes in your health and energy level. I used to have at least 2 and sometimes 7 hypoglycemic attacks a week. I now haven't had one in over 10 months! If you have a sugar addiction, hypoglycemia, or diabetes I suggest this book highly!!! Even if you just want to improve your immune system and not get sick as much, this book is for you. I have been striving for better health since I was 6 months pregnant, and this was one of a few integral books in my success.