Pure, White and Deadly · How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It by Yudkin, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Contents About the Authors Dedication Prophecy and Propaganda: Introduction to the 2012 edition by Robert H. Lustig, MD Introduction 1: What’s So Different About Sugar? 2: I Eat It Because I Like It

The origin of the human diet The two food revolutions

3: Sugar And Other Carbohydrates 4: Where Sugar Comes From

Cane sugar Beet sugar

5: Is Brown Sugar Better Than White Sugar? 6: Refined And Unrefined

Fibre

7: Not Only Sugar Is Sweet 8: Who Eats Sugar, And How Much? 9: Words Mean What You Want Them To Mean

Where energy comes from Pure is good

10: Sugar’s Calories Make You Thin – They Say 11: How To Eat More Calories Without Eating Real Food 12: Can You Prove It? 13: Coronary Thrombosis, The Modern Epidemic 14: Eat Sugar And See What Happens 15: Too Much Blood Sugar – Or Too Little

Diabetes Hypoglycaemia The relationship between coronary heart disease and diabetes

16: A Pain in the Middle

Peptic ulcer Hiatus hernia Gallstones Crohn’s disease

17: A Host of Diseases

Damage to the eyes Damage to the teeth Damage to the skin Damage to the joints Disease of the liver Is there a link between sugar and cancer? Sugar and drug action Sugar and protein A wide range of disorders

18: Does Sugar Accelerate the Life Process – And Death Too?

Sugar’s effect on growth Sugar’s effect on maturity Sugar’s effect on longevity

19: How Does Sugar Produce Its Effects?

Local action General action Microbes in the digestive tract Sucrose in the blood

20: Should Sugar Be Banned? 21: Attack is the Best Defence

Some of my best friends … The World Sugar Research Organization, or, What’s in a name? Freedom of choice depends on freedom of information Sugar and artificial sweeteners The British Nutrition Foundation The long arm of the sugar industry Telling the truth about tooth decay Nought out of ten for tact Friendly intervention A pre-emptive strike Scientist versus scientist Write what you like but only if I like it too Pure, white – and powerful

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