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Sweet Poison (2008)

by David Gillespie(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

e-penguin

review 1: I'm not sure how to decipher the veracity of this information. The simple statements Gillespie makes are not what I was taught in the two nutrition classes I took for nursing preparation. It makes sense to me that since our bodies did not evolve to eat large quantities of fructose, it might be a bad idea to start feeding them massive amounts now. He is arguing causation and stating that fructose is actually and single-handedly responsible for causing obesity, heart disease, and liver failure. If this is true, I'm just surprised I haven't read this before or been taught it in nutrition classes. I would have really appreciated citation of the studies and evidence he is referring to. I love PubMed and would actually look up the articles.That being said, his arguments are enou... moregh to get me to personally stop or severely limit my fructose intake until I can learn more. When I talked this over with my husband, though, he immediately thought Gillespie was nuts. If I'm going to talk with my family and friends about limiting fructose, then I'll need a more concise, well-supported set of things to say.
review 2: I really admire the way this is written - clear, but not factually light. I even quite enjoyed the dad jokes, and I loved that there was a reference section at the back. It was, of course, terrifying and at points I wondered whether I was being lawyered by a pro. But it didn't have the ring of bro science about it that I often feel when people describe their crappy fad diet to me, so I'll try it out and see. The practical info was good but maybe not quite enough to go by on its own. less

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