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"From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening expose that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick. Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever; obesity is at epidemic proportions; nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. And sugar is at the root of these,...
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A science-based plan for rapid fat burning and long-term weight loss builds on a two-week starter diet designed to eliminate added sugars and replace empty calories with essential ones for initial rapid weight reduction without calorie counting or portion limits.
5) Baking with less sugar: recipes for desserts using natural sweeteners and little-to-no white sugar
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The 60-plus recipes featured in this book are an eye-opener for anyone who loves to bake and wants to cut back on the sugar. Joanne warmly shares her secrets for playing up delicious ingredients and using natural sweeteners, such as honey, maple syrup, and fruit juice. In addition to entirely new go-to recipes, she's also revisited classics from 'Flour' and her lines-out-the-door bakeries to feature minimal refined sugar.
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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How did a simple commodity, once the prized monopoly of kings and princes, become an essential ingredient in the lives of millions, before mutating yet again into the cause of a global health epidemic? Prior to 1600, sugar was a costly luxury, the domain of the rich. But with the rise of the sugar colonies in the New World over the following century, sugar became cheap, ubiquitous and an everyday necessity. Less than fifty years ago, few people suggested...
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[1986]
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English
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"A fascinating persuasive history of how sugar has shaped the world, from European colonies to our modern diets In this eye-opening study, Sidney Mintz shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life, and how it changed the history of capitalism and industry. He discusses the production and consumption of sugar, and reveals how closely interwoven are sugar's origins as a "slave"...
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Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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In a groundbreaking study, Goran's team conducted a detailed analysis of the sugary products that kids love and found that these yogurts, cereals, sodas, and juices often had more sugar than advertised and also contained different types of sugar than were being disclosed. Today's children are not just consuming more sugar than ever, but they are consuming sugars that are particularly harmful to them--and their parents don't even know it.
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Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"Who doesn't crave sugar? And who doesn't believe that if she ate less sugar, she would feel healthier--lighter, more rested, energized, and even more beautiful? It's just breaking the addiction that seems so hard. "If not a sweet treat," we ask, "then what?"
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Pam Krauss Books / Avery
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Treat sugar like salt. This is the mantra of Bill Yosses, a former White House pastry chef, and his secret to baking indulgent yet wholesome desserts that truly satisfy. After being tasked by First Lady Michelle Obama to create healthier treats for her family, he discovered that when he dialed back the sugar in his recipes, his desserts were not only healthier on paper, but they actually tasted better too. In The Sweet Spot, Bill upends the notion...
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Sugar Land mysteries volume 1
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Walker "Bear" Wells, a former college football player who has become a minister in Sugar Land, Texas, finds himself being swept up into the investigation after a man is found murdered on a local golf course.
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"IAN K. SMITH, M.D., is the bestselling author of Shred, The Fat Smash Diet, Extreme Fat Smash Diet, and The 4 Day Diet. He was the diet expert for six seasons on VH1's Celebrity Fit Club, and has created two national health initiatives: the 50 Million Pound Challenge and the Makeover Mile. A graduate of Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, Smith was appointed by President Obama in 2010 to the President's...
18) Sugar gliders
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Lerner Publications Company
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Hearst Home
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Sugar Shock is the ultimate resource you need to break the hold sugar has on you. This easy-to-use guide will help you understand and gain control of the amount of added sugar you consume. It shares the science behind sugar: what it does to you, why your body is wired to crave it, and how to keep track of your intake. Plus, the extensive at-a-glance photo gallery shows hundreds of sugary packaged foods in the market, along with smart swaps for less...
20) Sugar
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Examines the history, sources, refinement, and uses of sugar.
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