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I Quit Sugar: Your Complete 8-Week Detox Program And Cookbook (2014)

by Sarah Wilson(Favorite Author)

3.1 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0804186014 (ISBN13: 9780804186018)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Clarkson Potter

review 1: I came into this book having already given up all things sweet. This book is one of the few I've found that has truly sugar free recipes, and not just the latest sweetener that supposed to be so much better for us as an almost one to one substitute. I liked her recommendations for quitting over an eight week period, and had already used many of her techniques in my various efforts to cut out sweets. She had some good new suggestions, and I liked that her approach was forgiving. I found this book lacking in the information explaining why we need to give up sweets. I had already decided to, because they are a huge cause of my migraines. Had I not come in to this book a believer I would have found it disappointing, and probably not bothered with it. The recipes, and ki... morend guidance are worthwhile. There are, and are sure to be more over the next couple of years, better resources for the reasons behind giving up sugar.
review 2: I am pretty much the last person on the planet that would normally buy this book. I have a serious love for all things sweet. I certainly qualify as addicted, and because I'm pretty healthy otherwise, I've never really considered checking my sweet tooth. But after experiencing months of unexplained tiredness (probably because I'm a mom to two very energetic little boys!), I decided to give this book a go and see if changing up my diet could give me more energy. Firstly, the book is gorgeous. The layout and photography are beautifully done and you can tell that a lot of effort and thought went into making it perfect. As for the content, I'm not quite as sold. Giving up sugar in totality for 8 weeks (including fruit) warrants a pretty strong argument in my opinion, and I just didn't get that. Yes, there's obvious good points, but not enough to convince me into giving up things that I love, and would even consider healthy, for 8 weeks just to reset my taste for sugar and then to closely monitor and watch my sugar intake from there on. Being that obsessive about any kind of eating habit just doesn't fit well into my lifestyle. I also would have liked to see more descriptions along with the recipes. Again, if you are trying to get me to do a complete 180 from my current eating habits, I'm going to need some reassurance that this new savory breakfast item is going to be pretty fabulous before I decide to spend the time and effort to make it. Wilson has definitely inspired me to watch more closely for obvious sugars that I'm not really craving, and what effect those have on my energy level, and this books makes some very valid and useful points, but I will not be quitting sugar in totality any time soon. less

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