Fat Chance

By Robert H. Lustig,

Book cover of Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease

Book description

Sugar is toxic, addictive and everywhere. So what chance do you have of living sugar-free?

With busy lives and little time left for cooking we find ourselves relying on a diet of processed food. But this is what's responsible for our chronically expanding waistlines, soaring levels of diabetes and a…

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1 author picked Fat Chance as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is a must-read by anti-sugar advocate Robert Lustig. He is a paediatric endocrinologist who became famous with the viral YouTube video: Sugar the Bitter Truth.

This book covers the science of sugar and its detrimental effects on the body. This is a staple its the food addiction field. For a scientific book, it is readable and mind-boggling.

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